[Comparison] AMD Radeon RX 5300M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q – the 1660 Ti Max-Q proves that age doesn’t matter, as it crushes the RX 5300M

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] AMD Radeon RX 5300M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q - the 1660 Ti Max-Q proves that age doesn't matter, as it crushes the RX 5300M

From: Severin Kolakov 19 February 2021 / 06:12 | 0

The first of the mobile RDNA graphics cards is here, in the face of the AMD Radeon RX 5300M. With it come the questions of “How good it is against X graphics card?”.

We have already done some comparisons and are continuing to do more, in order to give you the most complete picture of should the RX 5300M be the GPU that will be powering your next device. For today we have picked a quite powerful challenger, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

You can visit our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking, where we have the best GPUs for laptops, going from best to worst.

You can find more information about both GPUs here: AMD Radeon RX 5300M / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Specs table

	Radeon RX 5300M	GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Architecture	Navi	Turing
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Base / Max Frequency	1181MHz / 1445MHz	1140MHz / 1335MHz
Memory Type	GDDR6-14000MHz	GDDR6-12000MHz
Memory capacity	3GB	6GB
Cores	1408	1536
Power Consumption	65W	60W
Memory bus	96-bit	192-bit
Memory bandwidth	168 GB/sec	288 GB/sec

GPU benchmarks

In 3DMark Fire Strike, the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q performed 21% better than the RX 5300M. The same happened in Unigine Heaven 4.0, where the NVIDIA Graphics card scored 55% higher, and for the final benchmark, Unigine Superposition, the GTX 1660 Ti dominated again, this time with a 45% lead in performance. In the Gaming tests, which featured four of the most graphics-intensive games, the GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q had a big lead that was permanently in the double-digit numbers.

3DMark Time Spy (G)

The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.

AMD Radeon RX 5300M MSI Bravo 15

3607

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a)

4912

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

AMD Radeon RX 5300M MSI Bravo 15

10789

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a)

13071

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

AMD Radeon RX 5300M MSI Bravo 15

1881

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q HP Pavilion Gaming 16 (16-a)

2727

Gaming tests

Far Cry 5	Full HD, Normal (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
Radeon RX 5300M	72 fps	62 fps	55 fps
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q	89 fps (+24%)	82 fps (+32%)	76 fps (+38%)

rise-of-the-tomb-raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)	Full HD, Lowest (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, Very High (Check settings)
Radeon RX 5300M	115 fps	85 fps	43 fps
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q	144 fps (+25%)	112 fps (+32%)	57 fps (+33%)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	Full HD, Lowest (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)
Radeon RX 5300M	87 fps	55 fps	49 fps
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q	123 fps (+41%)	76 fps (+38%)	71 fps (+45%)

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Very High (Check settings)
Radeon RX 5300M	63 fps	58 fps	46 fps
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q	85 fps (+35%)	68 fps (+17%)	60 fps (+30%)

Conclusion

The GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q definitely hides its age pretty well, and if we had taken the nameplates off, you wouldn’t even think for a second that this card would perform this well. It had a 21%, 55%, and 45% lead over the RX 5300M in 3DMark Fire Strike, Unigine Heaven 4.0, and Unigine Superposition, respectively. In the gaming tests, the NVIDIA GPU outperformed its Team Red rival across all the games, regardless of the graphics settings.