MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.52 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.94 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 5 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP107-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 5
1408 Shader 640
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 40
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.752GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.752 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC is 1.518 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.404 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.518 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

120 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is 46 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC is 46 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

247 mm Length 215 mm
127 mm Height 112 mm
46 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
845 g Weight 444 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G was released in Q1/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 109 $ (Reference)
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)

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
40 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC
2 GB GDDR5
15 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC
2 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT OC
2 GB GDDR5
37 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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