ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XLE, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI GPU MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
Turing Architecture RDNA 1
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1536 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
96 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.130 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 1.560 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

120 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 195 W
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

215 mm Length 297 mm
121 mm Height 141 mm
44 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 922 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M came on the market in Q1/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

DUAL-GTX1660TI-6G Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2020
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 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)

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
52 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI
6 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI
6 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 TI
6 GB GDDR6
93 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming M
6 GB GDDR6
113 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

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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