RX 5600XT vs GTX 1660Ti vs RTX 2060
Are you better off buying an RX 5600XT right now, or going team green with a GTX 1660Ti or RTX 2060? I’ve benchmarked all three in a few games to find out! Don’t forget, if you aren’t already, consider subscribing for more videos like this every monday, wednesday and friday!
So, what is a 5600XT? Well, it’s basically a 5700 – it’s got the same 36 compute units and 2304 cores, but with only 6GB of VRAM now, and a bit of an underclock. The 5600XT runs at up to 1560MHz stock, although it’s “Game Clock” – the speed you’ll find it running in game most of the time, is down at 1375MHz, from 1625MHz on the 5700.
Now the Asus TUF model I have here is factory overclocked, as you’d expect from an AIB card. It can boost up to 1770MHz in OC mode, with a game clock of 1660MHz, making it a close match to their own STRIX 5700, which runs at 1725MHz at game clock. I should add, I believe my card has already had the bios update all the launch day reviewers were talking about, and any cards you buy today should have it pre-installed already, so no need to worry.
And while we are talking about this model, it’s a pretty large card, triple fan which kept itself impressively cool overall with relatively little noise. It does basically take up 3 slots though, making it on T H I C side. It’s actually a pretty subtle design, with no RGB to be found except for a tiny bar on the side. The front area just has a bit of a striped pattern, the same can be said about the backplate too. It’s kind of refreshing, yet boring at the same time.
Now it only needs an 8 pin power connector, meaning it can’t draw more than 225W total, although AMD reckons a stock card would only draw 150 which puts it pretty well in line with both the 1660Ti and the 2060, something that can’t always be said about AMD cards.
Of course, this AMD card doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that the 2060 has, namely Ray Tracing support in hardware, and it’ll come down to you whether you care about that or not. For me personally I’m not bothered, especially since I run a 1080ti personally and don’t play any games that support it too much, except for the new COD, for which I’d only consider turning it on in the campaign which I’ve already completed.
So, how does it perform, and how does it compare to it’s similarly priced rivals? Pretty well, overall. Lets take a look at those numbers.
| COD:MW | AVG | Min |
| RTX 2060 | 118.13 | 94.51795841 |
| GTX 1660Ti | 101.76 | 81.9000819 |
| RX 5600XT | 125.39 | 99.30486594 |
| Battlefield V | AVG | Min |
| RTX 2060 | 95.48 | 85.61643836 |
| GTX 1660Ti | 82.73 | 74.4047619 |
| RX 5600XT | 91.97 | 79.8084597 |
| Fortnite | AVG | Min |
| RTX 2060 | 133.178 | 99 |
| GTX 1660Ti | 108.311 | 89 |
| RX 5600XT | 123.75 | 96 |
| PUBG | AVG | Min |
| RTX 2060 | 119.528 | 98 |
| GTX 1660Ti | 99.6 | 81 |
| RX 5600XT | 108.494 | 85 |
So as you can see, it fits right in between the 1660Ti and the 2060 – which, for the most part, is where it fits in pricing. This TUF model costs a whopping £330 right now, pricing itself way out of the competition, seeing as you can get the generally faster 2060 for less than that. For the more sanely priced models, you can find them for between £250 and £300 – which seems to be a pretty good value for money overall.
I think I’d be more than happy to recommend the 5600XT is you were already on the fence about which card in this sort of price range to go for. It offers some great performance at 1080p, and can even punch upwards to 1440p if you are running a 60Hz monitor. Would I put one in my rig? If I was building a PC in this sort of price range, I think I would yeah. It’s a good value for money, has a bit of OC room left should you want to exploit that, and in my experience AMD’s new drivers have some great features to offer too.
5600XT TUF: https://techteamgb.co.uk/5600xttuf
5600XT general: https://techteamgb.co.uk/rx5600xt
Products shown provided by: Asus
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