ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC has the GA102-225-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GA102-225-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
10240 Shader 1408
112 Render Output Units 48
320 Texture Units 88
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 350 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.

350 W TDP 125 W
400 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

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

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported 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
ASUS Aura Sync 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

319 mm Length 247 mm
140 mm Height 127 mm
58 mm Width 46 mm
3 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING came on the market in Q4/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-RTX3080TI-O12G-GAMING Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2019
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
8 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)

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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
83 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
122 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
142 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
122 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
206 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC
12 GB GDDR6X
222 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

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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