Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB (Turing) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is based on the graphics chip TU116-400-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
TU106 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2176 Shader 1536
48 Render Output Units 48
136 Texture Units 96
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 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.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.890 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.86 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

185 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

235 mm Length 264 mm
115 mm Height 130 mm
-- Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost OC 12GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

NE62060S18K9-1160L Part-no TUF3-GTX1660TI-O6G-GAMING
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2019
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 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)

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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