ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) is based on the graphics chip GA104-200-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1536 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
96 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.80 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.70 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) 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 v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED Addressable LED

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 TI Advanced is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

301 mm Length 299 mm
132 mm Height 139 mm
50 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX (1-Click OC) came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-GTX1660TI-A6G-GAMING Part-no 36ISL6MD1WGG
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2020
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 8 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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)

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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