MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G and the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G GPU ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
Turing Architecture RDNA 1
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC is 1.420 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.420 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 195 W
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G is 178 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC is 241 mm long, 127 mm high and 53 mm wide.

178 mm Length 241 mm
126 mm Height 127 mm
41 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
561 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC was introduced in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX5600XT PGD2 6GO
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2020
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:

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.

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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

Popular comparisons

1. ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC vs Gainward GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2. ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EVO OC ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC vs ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EVO OC
3. MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Gamer (1-Click OC) MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G vs KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Gamer (1-Click OC)
4. Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GameRock MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GameRock vs MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G
5. MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G vs MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
6. MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G vs MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G
7. PNY GeForce GTX 1650 4GB Single Fan ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC PNY GeForce GTX 1650 4GB Single Fan vs ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC
8. ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 OC EVO ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC vs ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 OC EVO
9. MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G vs ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC
10. ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) (V2) ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC vs GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) (V2)


back to index
Facebook
Twitter