ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 88
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 1.530 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.882 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.85 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 125 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has a total of 3 Axial fans.

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

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
33 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is 301 mm long, 143 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 247 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

301 mm Length 247 mm
143 mm Height 127 mm
54 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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 529 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

TUF-RTX3060-O12G-GAMING Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2019
529 $ 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)

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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