MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G and the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
5888 Shader 1408
96 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 88
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is 1.530 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

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

220 W TDP 120 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING has 2 Axial fans to 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
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
41 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING 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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G is 230 mm long, 115 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is 268 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

230 mm Length 268 mm
115 mm Height 111 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
624 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 529 $.

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

-- Part-no 06G-P4-1167-KR
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2019
529 $ Launch Price 219 $ (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 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
81 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

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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