ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.72 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-302-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1408 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 96
88 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR is 1.845 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.80 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.83 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced 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 RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

125 W TDP 270 W
-- TDP (up) 280 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37-41 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 SUPER Advanced supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is 55 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR is 55 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

264 mm Length 335 mm
130 mm Height 140 mm
55 mm Width 61 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1735 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced was released in Q4/2019.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

TUF3-GTX1660S-A6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q4/2019 Release date Q2/2021
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
87 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

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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