Radeon RX 6500 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Place in performance ranking	148	265
Place by popularity	8	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.60	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	no data
GPU code name	Turing TU116	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 October 2019 (4 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$277 (1.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	no data
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	157.1	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Super and Radeon RX 6500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	7.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Super 33.07
+67.6%

RX 6500 19.73

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon RX 6500 by 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Super 12772
+67.6%

RX 6500 7620

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon RX 6500 by 68% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	90 +80%	50−55 −80%
1440p	54 +80%	30−35 −80%
4K	30 +87.5%	16−18 −87.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	88	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66	no data
Battlefield 5	100−110	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	63	no data
Far Cry 5	70−75	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	121	no data
Forza Horizon 4	144	no data
Hitman 3	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	186	no data
Metro Exodus	144 +69.4%	85−90 −69.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	163	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	83	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	73	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48	no data
Battlefield 5	100−110	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	72	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	52	no data
Far Cry 5	70−75	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	86	no data
Forza Horizon 4	130−140	no data
Hitman 3	63	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	290	no data
Metro Exodus	111	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	64	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	113	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	208	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55 +83.3%	30−33 −83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	49	no data
Far Cry 5	70−75	no data
Forza Horizon 4	107	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	99 +80%	55−60 −80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	112 +72.3%	65−70 −72.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	31	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

57
+90%

30−33

−90%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +80%	35−40 −80%
Far Cry New Dawn	82 +82.2%	45−50 −82.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	34	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +76.7%	30−33 −76.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	26	no data
Far Cry 5	65	no data
Forza Horizon 4	84	no data
Hitman 3	43 +79.2%	24−27 −79.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	71 +77.5%	40−45 −77.5%
Metro Exodus	67 +91.4%	35−40 −91.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 +77.8%	45−50 −77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +87.5%	24−27 −87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

56
+86.7%

30−33

−86.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	31 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Hitman 3	25	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	19 +90%	10−11 −90%
Cyberpunk 2077	11	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	54	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%
Metro Exodus	35 +94.4%	18−20 −94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

28
+75%

16−18

−75%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +85.7%	35−40 −85.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +76.7%	30−33 −76.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +78.6%	14−16 −78.6%
Hitman 3	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +76.2%	21−24 −76.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +90.5%	21−24 −90.5%