ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, which has 1920 shaders and 30 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is 1.365 GHz.

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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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 X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

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

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 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

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 264 mm long, 130 mm high and 55 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 is 204 mm long, 125 mm high and 46 mm wide.

264 mm Length 204 mm
130 mm Height 125 mm
55 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 X3 GeForce GTX 1660 was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 2060 was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

TUF3-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)

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)

ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 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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