Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.45 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.86 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.24 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 30 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
TU106 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1920 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 88
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix has a turbo clock of 1.680 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is 1.860 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.680 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

160 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 graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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 Phoenix is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

235 mm Length 247 mm
112 mm Height 127 mm
-- Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 845 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix was released in Q1/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

426018336-4320 Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2019
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
46 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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
6 GB GDDR5
42 fps (avg)

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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Phoenix
6 GB GDDR6
118 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)

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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