GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the graphics chip GA106-302-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1408 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

120 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

224 mm Length 296 mm
121 mm Height 117 mm
40 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1660OC-6GD Part-no GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2021
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
12 nm Structure size 8 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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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