In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G and the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is 56 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6GGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is based on AMD Radeon R9 Nano, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
0.500 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
4,096 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano can access 4 GB HBM graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Base Clock
1.530 GHz
1.000 GHz
Boost Clock
1.860 GHz
1.000 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is 1.000 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
TDP
120 W
175 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
85 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial (Radiator)
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
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HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
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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 GAMING X 6G.
The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
Length
247 mm
154 mm
Height
127 mm
105 mm
Width
46 mm
35 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
845 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is 247 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.
The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is 154 mm long, 105 mm high and 35 mm wide.
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G +13.5 %
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.
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.
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.
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