GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR has the GA104-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GA104-302-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
5888 Shader 1408
96 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 88
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 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
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

220 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 102 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
2 x 92 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

330 mm Length 179 mm
142 mm Height 127 mm
58 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 536 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OCV1 came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

37NSL6MD2HBW Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2019
499 $ (Reference) 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)

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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