MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
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MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC


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GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G 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 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Turing Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is 1.257 GHz.
1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.366 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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC 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 90 °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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
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 MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
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 OC is 178 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is 269 mm long, 125 mm high and 38 mm wide.
178 mm Length 269 mm
126 mm Height 125 mm
41 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 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 OC was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.
-- Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2018
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
12 nm Structure size 14 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)

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 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
79 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
85 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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