GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.76 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.00 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2560 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

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

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 has a turbo clock of 1.759 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC is 1.785 GHz.

1.620 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC 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.

180 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC 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
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 is 43 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC is 43 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

296 mm Length 204 mm
144 mm Height 128 mm
43 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 702 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 was released in Q2/2016.

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

80NSJ6DHM9XE Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2019
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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)

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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2
8 GB GDDR5X
76 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC V2
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
77 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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