MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G
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MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G and the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-302-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1408 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 96
88 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR is 1.500 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-37 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 ARMOR 6G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR 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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G is 243 mm long, 129 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR is 305 mm long, 121 mm high and 52 mm wide.

243 mm Length 305 mm
129 mm Height 121 mm
42 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
663 g Weight 992 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 679 $.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2021
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 679 $
12 nm Structure size 8 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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

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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