MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
1408 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

120 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix has 2 Axial main fans that 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

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 V1 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

179 mm Length 285 mm
127 mm Height 133 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
536 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 426018336-3699
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2016
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

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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