Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE vs KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has the Navi 14 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE	GPU	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Navi 14 XTX	GPU Chip	TU116-300-A1
RDNA 1	Architecture	Turing
22	Streaming Multiprocessors	22
1408	Shader	1408
32	Render Output Units	48
88	Texture Units	88
0	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps. The graphics memory speed of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.750 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s
128 bit	Memory Interface	192 bit

Clock Speeds The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
1.607 GHz	Base Clock	1.530 GHz
1.845 GHz	Boost Clock	1.815 GHz
1.74 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.80 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 135 W. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.
135 W	TDP	125 W
--	TDP (up)	--
95 °C	Tjunction max	93 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 95 mm	Fan 1	1 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	dB
41 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.
4	Max. Displays	3
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum supported resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Addressable LED	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
257 mm	Length	230 mm
133 mm	Height	128 mm
44 mm	Width	39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 8	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy came on the market in Q4/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.
11295-05-20G	Part-no	60SRL7DS46PK
Q3/2019	Release date	Q4/2019
169 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	229 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	12 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE
1.607 GHz, 8 GB (135 W TDP)

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KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy
1.530 GHz, 6 GB (125 W TDP)

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	2189
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	2805

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	1571

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The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	38 fps (avg)
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	45 fps (avg)

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Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	46596
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	64250

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	42867
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	61174

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	55217

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FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)


	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE 8 GB GDDR6	5.2
	KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy 6 GB GDDR6	5.11

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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Prodigy

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

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