ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1408 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is 1.632 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.632 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.797 GHz
1.83 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.77 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is 125 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 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 SUPER OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
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 SUPER OC is 264 mm long, 130 mm high and 55 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is 280 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

264 mm Length 280 mm
130 mm Height 114 mm
55 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 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 SUPER OC was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

TUF3-GTX1660S-O6G-GAMING Part-no GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD
Q4/2019 Release date Q2/2016
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

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)

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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