MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TI (8GB) (Ada Lovelace) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

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

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB is based on the graphics chip AD106-350-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC GPU Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TI (8GB)
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip AD106-350-A1
Turing Architecture Ada Lovelace
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
1408 Shader 4352
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 136
0 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 2.535 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

120 W TDP 160 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 ARMOR 6G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 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 ARMOR 6G OC.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB 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 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 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

243 mm Length 170 mm
129 mm Height 124 mm
42 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
633 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB came on the market in Q2/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no NE6406T019P1-1060F
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2023
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 5 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
100 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
152 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
190 fps (avg)

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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