MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
TU104 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Turing Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2944 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 88
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

8 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
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is 1.530 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is 245 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

245 W TDP 120 W
285 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
1 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) dB
45 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 2080 Sea Hawk X.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 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 2080 Sea Hawk X is 268 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 is 179 mm long, 127 mm high and 42 mm wide.

268 mm Length 179 mm
114 mm Height 127 mm
41 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1370 g Weight 536 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 849 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2019
849 $ 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 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
72 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)

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 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
176 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1 MSI GeForce GTX 1660 AERO ITX 6G V1
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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