MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.48 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1408 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is 1.746 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

125 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G 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 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING Z PLUS is 52 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G is 52 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

248 mm Length 169 mm
128 mm Height 131 mm
52 mm Width 37 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
974 g Weight --
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 Z PLUS was released in Q4/2019.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no GV-N1060IX-6GD
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2016
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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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