GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6500 XT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU116
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1335 MHz
2815 MHz
Core clock speed
1140 MHz
2610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
-
107 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
180.2
Memory type
-
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
-
8 GB
Memory bus width
-
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
143.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
-
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.6
Vulkan
-
1.3