GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6500M - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q

Radeon RX 6500M

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

RDNA 2 (2020−2022)

GPU code name

TU116

Navi 24

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

January 2022

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1335 MHz

2191 MHz

Core clock speed

1140 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

6 nm

Number of transistors

6,600 million

5,400 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

50 Watt

Texture fill rate

153.6

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

Memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

8000 MHz

18000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

288.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

DirectX

12.0 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenCL

2.1

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.6

Vulkan

1.2