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£200
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP $219
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MSRP $219
AvailabilityMSRP $199
Availability
MSRP $199
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£178.04
In Stock
Same as Founder's Edition
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£173.25
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Same as Founder's Edition
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£230.42
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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£276.95
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce GTX 1660 is 1042 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1660
- Performs up to 3% better in Sea of Thieves than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 132 vs 128 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 6 vs 4 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 11% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1660 - £178.04 vs £200.00
- Up to 9% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than GeForce GTX 1660 - £1.39 vs £1.52 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 - 107 vs 120 Watts
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
FPS
132
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.52/FPS
91%
Price, £
£200
89%
FPS Winner
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Graphics Card
Buy for £200 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 166 minutes ago
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
128
97%
Value, £/FPS
£1.39/FPS
100%
Price, £
£178.04
100%
Value Winner
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
Buy for £178.04 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 166 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
95%
Texel Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
87%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 1660 | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| GeForce 16 | Generation | Navi II |
| $219 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
192.1 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 1530 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1785 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 2001 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce GTX 1660 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
With selected game settings
82 FPS
£21.77/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-10400F
6 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,785.46
In Stock
98 FPS
£9.18/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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£899.99
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