MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC and the Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB, which has 2176 shaders and 34 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Turing Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
1408 Shader 2176
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 136
0 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

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

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 12 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 OC clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is 1.470 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.470 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.650 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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 OC is 178 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is 317 mm long, 135 mm high and 49 mm wide.

178 mm Length 317 mm
126 mm Height 135 mm
41 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
561 g Weight 1000 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no by GPU-Monkey
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2021
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 289 $ (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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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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