MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING PLUS
vs
PNY RTX A2000


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING PLUS 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 PNY RTX A2000 is based on the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (Ampere) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

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

The PNY RTX A2000 is based on the graphics chip GA106, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING PLUS GPU PNY RTX A2000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA RTX A2000
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 26
1408 Shader 3328
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 26

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the PNY RTX A2000 is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.530 GHz Base Clock 0.562 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.200 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The PNY RTX A2000 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 70 W.

125 W TDP 70 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING PLUS is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PNY RTX A2000 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 40 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 GAMING PLUS.

The PNY RTX A2000 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports --
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 4x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the PNY RTX A2000 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING PLUS is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PNY RTX A2000 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

248 mm Length 168 mm
128 mm Height 69 mm
52 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
974 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The PNY RTX A2000 came on the market in Q3/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no VCNRTXA2000-PB
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2021
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 500 $
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)

PNY RTX A2000 PNY RTX A2000
6 GB GDDR6
1421

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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