MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC
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PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC and the PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC GPU PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1408 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition is 1.552 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC is 125 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 SUPER AERO ITX OC.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition 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
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 SUPER AERO ITX OC is 179 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition is 170 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

179 mm Length 170 mm
127 mm Height 125 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
561 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The PNY GeForce RTX 3050 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no VCG30508SFXPPB
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2022
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
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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