EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 194 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1536 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
96 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is 8.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.027 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.027 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.1 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 194 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.809 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

268 mm Length 277 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1017 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC ULTRA BLACK GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

06G-P4-1265-KR Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (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)

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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