ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Turing Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
1408 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 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.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.68 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 has 1 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) --
95 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 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 TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

205 mm Length 204 mm
123 mm Height 125 mm
46 mm Width 46 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

TUF-GTX1660-6G-GAMING Part-no TUF-RTX2060-6G-GAMING
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2019
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
12 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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
47 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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
41 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 TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
78 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
120 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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