Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
vs
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost 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 Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

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

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost GPU ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 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
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 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.

170 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost.

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

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

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

245 mm Length 174 mm
119 mm Height 121 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

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

NE63060019K9-190AU Part-no PH-GTX1660-O6G
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2019
389 $ Launch Price 219 $ (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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC
6 GB GDDR5
41 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 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 OC
6 GB GDDR5
79 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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