MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G and the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI 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.

ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has 1536 shaders and 24 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
1408 Shader 1536
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 96
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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is 1.500 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.890 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.86 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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 95 °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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC supports a maximum of 3 screens.

3 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- 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 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI 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 1660 AERO ITX 6G is 178 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC is 264 mm long, 130 mm high and 55 mm wide.

178 mm Length 264 mm
126 mm Height 130 mm
41 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
561 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 TI OC was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no TUF3-GTX1660TI-O6G-GAMING
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2019
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR5
40 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)

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

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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