MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XLE, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
Turing Architecture RDNA 1
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 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 1.420 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 160 W.

130 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) 195 W
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

206 mm Length 241 mm
127 mm Height 127 mm
43 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
664 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OCV1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC came on the market in Q1/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no RX5600XT CLD 6GO
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2020
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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