KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF has 10496 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 38.10 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 82 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
10496 Shader 1408
112 Render Output Units 48
328 Texture Units 88
82 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.219 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is 1.845 GHz.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.80 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF has 3 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

420 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
1 x 92 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF is 68 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is 68 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

352 mm Length 243 mm
160 mm Height 129 mm
68 mm Width 42 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 633 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF was released in Q4/2020.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

39NXM5MD3BNK Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2019
1,499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
8 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
5608

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
84 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
121 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
86 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
139 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
120 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
201 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3090 HOF
24 GB GDDR6X
214 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)

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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