MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G and the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units.

GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
TU106 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1920 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 88
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 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 RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.530 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.680 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G is 226 mm long, 128 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is 281 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

226 mm Length 281 mm
128 mm Height 124 mm
41 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
764 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 60SRH7MD01BW
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2019
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
40 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 6G
6 GB GDDR6
118 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)

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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