MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
vs
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING 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 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.47 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING GPU ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on AMD RX Vega 56
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
Turing Architecture GCN 5
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
1408 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.471 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING 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 93 °C.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

125 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
-- Noise (Load) 49 dB

Connectivity

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

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

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

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 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 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The width of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 46 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

247 mm Length 280 mm
127 mm Height 127 mm
46 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
862 g Weight 1090 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 SUPER GAMING was released in Q4/2019.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no RXVEGA56-8G
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2017
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
44 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 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING
6 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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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