EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 88
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 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.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.882 GHz Boost Clock 1.875 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 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
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
36 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

202 mm Length 243 mm
110 mm Height 130 mm
42 mm Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC came on the market in Q4/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

12G-P5-3657-KR Part-no ROG-STRIX-GTX1660S-O6G-GAMING
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2019
499 $ Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming
12 GB GDDR6
10 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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