ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC 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 MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XL, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1536 Shader 1792
48 Render Output Units 64
96 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G 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 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 132 W.

120 W TDP 132 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 TI OC.

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G 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
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 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 Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G 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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

205 mm Length 238 mm
123 mm Height 128 mm
46 mm Width 39 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 605 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G came on the market in Q4/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

TUF-GTX1660TI-O6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2021
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
64 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 TI OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
6 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
6 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
6 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR6
127 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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