Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 7600 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 27% to 253%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (5,371 vs 2,876). On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 7600 XT generates 53.7 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub (ROCm perf discussion, @wbruna)) 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 7600 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Radeon RX 7600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 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 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PC Guide, PCTestBench, HWBOT, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware and PassMark; 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 7600 XT | NVIDIA 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, PC Guide, PCTestBench |
7,465 points | 3,299 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: HWBOT, PC Guide |
5,920 points | 1,677 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck |
2,354 points | 1,248 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 5,670 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
— | 6,421 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 5,979 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Modders Inc, PC Guide, PCTestBench |
5,371 points | 2,876 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp |
12,800 pts | — |
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
42,500 pts | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,027 pts | 807 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 7600 XT
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama2:7b: 53.7 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (ROCm perf discussion, @wbruna))
- llama2:7b: 53.0 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub — Vulkan performance discussion)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- qwen2.5:0.5b: 63.9 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 41.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
- llama2:7b: 41.4 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7600 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?
The Radeon RX 7600 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 27% to 253%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (5,371 vs 2,876).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 7600 XT generates 53.7 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub (ROCm perf discussion, @wbruna)) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per llama.cpp GitHub), best community run on file for each.
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