Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 vs GeForce GTX 1660
AMD
Radeon RX 5500
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 7 Oct 2019
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1660
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Mar 2019
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 5500100%
- GeForce GTX 1660116%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 5500
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660
- 16% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1660
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | TU116 () |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | 6,600 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 20 |
| Core clock | 1670 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 88 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 | GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | 15 Mar 2019 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 550059.04 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 166085.68 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500162.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 1660142.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 5500224.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 1660192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 55005196.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 16604570.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550077
- GeForce GTX 166078
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550046
- GeForce GTX 166059
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 550026
- GeForce GTX 166031
FPS (higher is better)