MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1
vs
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4) (Pascal) and has 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the graphics chip GP108-310-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 GPU Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
1408 Shader 384
48 Render Output Units 16
88 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 2.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.050 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type DDR4
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.379 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 125 W.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 30 W.

125 W TDP 30 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

174 mm Length 135 mm
127 mm Height 69 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
533 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 came on the market in Q1/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 426018336-4085
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2018
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (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.

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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