MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
vs
PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower


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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.07 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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G GPU PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Turing Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1408 Shader 2944
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 GAMING 6G has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower is 1.710 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

120 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

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

The PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
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 Decode
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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower is 46 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

247 mm Length 267 mm
127 mm Height 114 mm
46 mm Width 35 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
845 g Weight --
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 PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no VCG20808BLMPB
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2018
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 12 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)

PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

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)
PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower PNY GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Blower
8 GB GDDR6
162 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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