Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 7700 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 44% to 447%, including 183% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (8,133 vs 2,876).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7700 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 7700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 12 | 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 Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PCTestBench, HWBOT, Hyper Cyber and UL Solutions; 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 7700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
31 fps | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck |
42,170 points | 15,070 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 15,855 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
21,006 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench |
— | 3,299 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: HWBOT, Hyper Cyber |
9,166 points | 1,677 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
3,180 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Solutions, Notebookcheck |
3,320 points | 1,248 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 5,670 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews |
17,177 points | 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, Overclocking.com, PCTestBench |
8,133 points | 2,876 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.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- qwen2.5:0.5b: 63.9 tok/s (LocalScore.ai (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 7700 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?
The Radeon RX 7700 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 44% to 447%, including 183% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (8,133 vs 2,876).
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