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Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (20% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 6500 XT takes 1 (1% in PassMark G2D Mark). On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER generates 41.4 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub) against 27.8 for the Radeon RX 6500 XT (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Released 2022 (Radeon RX 6500 XT), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER). MSRP range: $199 · $229. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6500 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vram gb —6
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —125
cuda cores —1408

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from PassMark, 3DMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PCTestBench, HWBOT, LanOC Reviews and UL Benchmarks; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6500 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, 3DMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru, Notebookcheck		 13,660 pts15,070 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —15,855 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench		 —3,299 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT		 —1,677 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 827 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, Notebookcheck		 330 points1,248 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 4,626 points5,670 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru, LanOC Reviews		 5,341 points6,421 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —5,979 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench		 —2,876 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 817 pts807 pts
PassMark G3D (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 9,624 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6500 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6500 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (20% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 6500 XT takes 1 (1% in PassMark G2D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER generates 41.4 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub) against 27.8 for the Radeon RX 6500 XT (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6500 XT launched at a $199 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER at $229. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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