MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC
vs
ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC has 1536 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.62 TFLOPS.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm has 10496 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.70 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 35.58 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 82 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC GPU ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
1536 Shader 10496
48 Render Output Units 112
96 Texture Units 328
0 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.219GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm is 1.695 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G 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 95 °C.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm is cooled by a Water cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm 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
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI AERO ITX 6G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm 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 ZOTAC SPECTRA

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 TI AERO ITX 6G OC is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

178 mm Length 301 mm
126 mm Height 160 mm
41 mm Width 29 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
570 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 TI AERO ITX 6G OC was released in Q1/2019.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no ZT-A30900Q-30P
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2021
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,549 $
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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