AMD Radeon RX 5900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking170not rated
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Value for money25.03no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTuring TU116Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 March 2019 (5 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$219 no data
Current price$252 (1.2x MSRP)$391
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores14084352
Core clock speed1530 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1735 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate157.1471.9

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.1 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA7.5no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 300 Watt

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