The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Memory Size
6 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Base Clock
1.530 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.785 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
TDP
125 W
170 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 125 W.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
35 dB
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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Up to 3 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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With the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Length
235 mm
245 mm
Height
115 mm
119 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Ghost is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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.
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.
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.
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