GeForce GTX 1660 and Radeon RX 6500M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon RX 6500M
GeForce GTX 1660
12040
Radeon RX 6500M
8095
GeForce GTX 1660
Radeon RX 6500M
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2019
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
2191 MHz
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
157.1
153.6
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2