GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and has 8960 texture shaders and 70 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.260 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is 1.530 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR is 350 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

350 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 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 92 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
1 x 102 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 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 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR is 330 mm long, 142 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is 179 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.

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 3080 12GB EX Gamer (1-Click OC) LHR was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

38NOM5MD1JER Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2019
699 $ (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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