The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.55 TFLOPS.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 11 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEMSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.775 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.1 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
227 GB/s
336 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.775 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Base Clock
1.215 GHz
1.530 GHz
Boost Clock
1.367 GHz
1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.34 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has a turbo clock of 1.367 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 1.785 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
TDP
145 W
125 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
MSI Mystic Light
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
Length
279 mm
247 mm
Height
121 mm
127 mm
Width
42 mm
46 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
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862 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING +73.0 %
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.
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.
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) MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING +10.5 %
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