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

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6800 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 24% to 155%, including 155% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,185 vs 1,248). On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6800 generates 95.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Vulkan Performance Thread) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6800 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Released 2020 (Radeon RX 6800), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER). MSRP range: $579 · $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 6800NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vram gb 166
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 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PCTestBench, HWBOT, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, Tom's Hardware, The FPS Review, PassMark and AskGeek; 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 SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 —15,070 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: TopCPU.net		 3,062 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, Notebookcheck		 3,185 points1,248 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —5,670 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark, The FPS Review		 16,274 pts6,421 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		 998 pts807 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek		 22,077 pts12,683 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 SUPER

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Quick answers

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

The Radeon RX 6800 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 24% to 155%, including 155% in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,185 vs 1,248).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 6800 generates 95.6 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub Vulkan Performance Thread) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.

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

The Radeon RX 6800 launched at a $579 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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