MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.87 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.36 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1408 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is 1.867 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.84 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC 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 Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

125 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

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

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

204 mm Length 200 mm
128 mm Height 123 mm
42 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
700 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC was released in Q4/2019.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no DUAL-RTX3060-O12G
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2021
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
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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