MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GA106-150-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2560 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 88
20 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.552 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is 1.530 GHz.

1.552 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 125 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 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 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G is 235 mm long, 124 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 is 174 mm long, 127 mm high and 43 mm wide.

235 mm Length 174 mm
124 mm Height 127 mm
42 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
661 g Weight 533 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OCV1 was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2019
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
8 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 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
41 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.

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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