MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G has 2432 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.19 TFLOPS.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 199 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GP104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
199 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2432 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
152 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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 Ti DUKE 8G has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.815 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 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.

180 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

312 mm Length 264 mm
140 mm Height 130 mm
40 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1113 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G was released in Q4/2017.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no TUF3-GTX1660-6G-GAMING
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2019
449 $ (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)

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)

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 Ti DUKE 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G
8 GB GDDR5
38 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G
8 GB GDDR5
111 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
78 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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