MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 528 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1536 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
96 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is 11.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.431 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.431 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.4 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 528 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 280 W.

120 W TDP 280 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

247 mm Length 267 mm
127 mm Height 149 mm
46 mm Width 28 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
869 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N108TAORUSX WB-11GD
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2017
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

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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