GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0)
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.85 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.08 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 30 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
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. 2.0) is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.768 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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. 2.0) has a turbo clock of 1.845 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is 1.830 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) 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 88 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost 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.

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 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost 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 v1.4a 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. 2.0) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

290 mm Length 235 mm
140 mm Height 115 mm
58 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2060 XTREME 6G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q2/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

GV-N2060AORUS X-6GC Part-no NE51660S18J9-1161X
Q2/2019 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)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)

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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