MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
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MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC


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GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is 1.530 GHz.
1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
150 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC 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
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G is 175 mm long, 129 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is 243 mm long, 129 mm high and 42 mm wide.
175 mm Length 243 mm
129 mm Height 129 mm
37 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
580 g Weight 633 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).
-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2019
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (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)

View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)
View all The Last of Us Part 1 benchmark results

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
92 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)
View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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