GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G 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 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G is based on the graphics chip TU116-400-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2560 Shader 1536
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G clocks at 1.300 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.4 Gbps.

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

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.300 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
10.4 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
332 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.

1.759 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.936 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
1.90 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

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

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G has 2 Axial main fans that 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
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G 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 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 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 GAMING 6G 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 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 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

287 mm Length 247 mm
140 mm Height 127 mm
57 mm Width 46 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 869 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Premium Pack 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

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

GV-N1080XTREME-8GD-PP Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2019
599 $ (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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