GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC is based on the graphics chip TU116-400-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
1920 Shader 1536
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 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.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

150 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI VENTUS 6G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G 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 TI VENTUS 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

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

267 mm Length 231 mm
111 mm Height 127 mm
38 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 715 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

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

GV-N1070D5-8GD-B Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2019
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (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)

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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