ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and has 1536 texture shaders and 24 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1536 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
96 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.300 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.4 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 332 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is 1.759 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.759 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 1.936 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.90 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI is 301 mm long, 132 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is 266 mm long, 121 mm high and 25 mm wide.

301 mm Length 266 mm
132 mm Height 121 mm
50 mm Width 25 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

ROG-STRIX-GTX1660TI-6G-GAMING Part-no GV-N1080XTREME WB-8GD
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2016
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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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