GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0)
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
TU106 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1920 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 88
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 339 GB/s.

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

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.768 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.1 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
339 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 is 1.530 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

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

160 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) is 290 mm long, 140 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G V1 is 206 mm long, 127 mm high and 43 mm wide.

290 mm Length 206 mm
140 mm Height 127 mm
58 mm Width 43 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 664 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 1.0) was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

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

GV-N2060AORUS X-6GC Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2019
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
12 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.

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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