ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.51 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1408 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 1.759 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

125 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is 46 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 46 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

206 mm Length 178 mm
124 mm Height 118 mm
46 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 444 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER was released in Q4/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

TUF-GTX1660S-6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2016
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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)

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)

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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