ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
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PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 and the PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition, 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.

PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 GPU PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
1408 Shader 8704
48 Render Output Units 96
88 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

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 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 320 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition is 1.440 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42-44 dB

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 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x 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

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

The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode
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 PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition is 294 mm long, 112 mm high and 56 mm wide.

264 mm Length 294 mm
130 mm Height 112 mm
55 mm Width 56 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming Uprising Epic-X RGB Triple Fan Edition was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 739 $.

TUF3-GTX1660-6G-GAMING Part-no VCG308010TFXMPB
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2020
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 739 $
12 nm Structure size 8 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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