Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Place in performance ranking	227	12
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.08	25.40
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	N18E-G0	Navi 31 XT
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$899
Current price	$1037 (4.5x MSRP)	$884 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 58% better value for money than GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q.

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	1536	5376
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	315 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.2	804.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and Radeon RX 7900 XT 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	276 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	800.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
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 Ti Max-Q 22.82

RX 7900 XT 74.74
+228%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 228% 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 Ti Max-Q 8814

RX 7900 XT 28866
+228%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 228% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 17439

RX 7900 XT 75896
+335%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 335% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 31845

RX 7900 XT 142489
+347%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 347% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 13355

RX 7900 XT 63712
+377%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 377% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 63086

RX 7900 XT 259707
+312%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 312% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 306910

RX 7900 XT 737404
+140%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q by 140% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	81 −154%	206 +154%
1440p	40−45 −245%	138 +245%
4K	32 −188%	92 +188%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	88	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	92	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	130	no data
Metro Exodus	120	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	92	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	84	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	77	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95	no data
Metro Exodus	86	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	78	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	92	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	42	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	54	no data
Forza Horizon 4	100−110	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	79	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Hitman 3	27−30	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50	no data
Metro Exodus	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20−22

no data

This is how GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XT is 154% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XT is 245% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XT is 188% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.82	74.74
Recency	23 April 2019	3 November 2022
Cost	$229	$899
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	315 Watt