SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

GPU The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT	GPU	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Navi 22 XT	GPU Chip	TU116-300-A1
RDNA 2	Architecture	Turing
40	Streaming Multiprocessors	22
2560	Shader	1408
64	Render Output Units	48
160	Texture Units	88
40	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
12 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
2.000 GHz	Memory Clock	2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	8.0 Gbps
384 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	192 bit

Clock Speeds The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC is 1.830 GHz.
2.321 GHz	Base Clock	1.530 GHz
2.581 GHz	Boost Clock	1.830 GHz
2.42 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.
230 W	TDP	120 W
--	TDP (up)	--
100 °C	Tjunction max	95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	1 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	3
2.3	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.1	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Non addressable LED	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	AV1	No
Decode / Encode	VP8	Decode
Decode / Encode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
267 mm	Length	168 mm
110 mm	Height	122 mm
40 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021. The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.
21306-01-20G	Part-no	NE51660S18J9-165F
Q1/2021	Release date	Q1/2019
479 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	219 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	12 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
2.321 GHz, 12 GB (230 W TDP)

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1.530 GHz, 6 GB (120 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	5955
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	2477

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	6008
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	1467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	2188

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	74 fps (avg)

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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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	84 fps (avg)
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	41 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	96956
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	60265

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	108643
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	57036

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	151246

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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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6	13.21
	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC 6 GB GDDR5	5.16

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SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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