MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has 1536 shaders and 24 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
8704 Shader 1536
96 Render Output Units 48
272 Texture Units 96
68 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is 1.500 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G is 340 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

340 W TDP 120 W
370 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
36-38 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 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G 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 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is 243 mm long, 129 mm high and 42 mm wide.

323 mm Length 243 mm
140 mm Height 129 mm
56 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1565 g Weight 668 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G was released in Q3/2020 at a price of 799 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2020 Release date Q1/2019
799 $ Launch Price 279 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
110 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
127 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 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
108 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G
6 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
211 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G
6 GB GDDR6
91 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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