ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II and the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 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 ZAKU II is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II GPU MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XT
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1408 Shader 2048
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is 1.968 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.968 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 2.607 GHz
1.80 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.43 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 170 W
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 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 SUPER ZAKU II.

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G 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 v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II is 264 mm long, 130 mm high and 55 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G is 277 mm long, 130 mm high and 51 mm wide.

264 mm Length 277 mm
130 mm Height 130 mm
55 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 882 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ZAKU II was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 Part-no --
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2021
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 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 Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
58 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.

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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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