ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC and the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC GPU MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on AMD RX Vega 56
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
Turing Architecture GCN 5
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
1408 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 1.156 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.875 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
1.85 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is 125 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
-- Noise (Load) 49 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version --
1x 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

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is 243 mm long, 130 mm high and 47 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

243 mm Length 280 mm
130 mm Height 127 mm
47 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

ROG-STRIX-GTX1660S-O6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2017
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 14 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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
6 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
6 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
6 GB GDDR6
93 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
112 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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