Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and has 8960 texture shaders and 70 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GA102 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
8960 Shader 1408
112 Render Output Units 48
280 Texture Units 88
70 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS clocks in the base with up to 1.260 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS is 1.530 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS is 350 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 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

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 3080 12GB Phoenix GS is 294 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS is 248 mm long, 128 mm high and 52 mm wide.

294 mm Length 248 mm
112 mm Height 128 mm
-- Width 52 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 974 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Phoenix GS was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

NED3080S19KB-132AX Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2019
699 $ (Reference) 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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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