GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0)
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1920 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 1.530 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.721 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.68 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 125 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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 v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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 GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is 280 mm long, 131 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 247 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

280 mm Length 247 mm
131 mm Height 127 mm
37 mm Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 862 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

GV-N1070WF2-8GD Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2019
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $ (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)

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.

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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