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Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6800 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 204%, including 204% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,185 vs 1,047). On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6800 generates 95.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per knightli.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6800 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. Released 2020 (Radeon RX 6800), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660). MSRP range: $579 · $219. 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 6800NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
vram gb 166
vram type —GDDR5
tdp w —120
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 3DMark, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, Tom's Hardware, The FPS Review, PassMark, AskGeek and Guru3D; 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 6800NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —12,365 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net		 3,062 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 3,185 points1,047 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, The FPS Review		 16,274 pts5,483 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 998 pts776 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek		 22,077 pts11,618 pts
Unigine Superposition (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 7,840 pts—

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 6800

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6800 or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660?

The Radeon RX 6800 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 29% to 204%, including 204% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,185 vs 1,047).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6800 generates 95.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per knightli.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6800 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6800 launched at a $579 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 at $219. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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