AMD Radeon RX 6800
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Navi 21 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3840 Shader 1408
96 Render Output Units 48
240 Texture Units 88
60 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 clocks in the base with up to 1.700 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 1.530 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 125 W
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 6800.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING supports a maximum of 3 screens.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 247 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

267 mm Length 247 mm
120 mm Height 127 mm
-- Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 862 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 579 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2019
579 $ Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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