MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.95 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Navi 10 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Turing
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2304 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G has a turbo clock of 1.725 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is 1.785 GHz.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

180 W TDP 125 W
220 W TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
46-47 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G is 35 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super is 35 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 281 mm
110 mm Height 124 mm
35 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1020 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G was released in Q3/2019.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super published in Q4/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no 60SRL7MD01BS
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2019
329 $ Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
7 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)

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 Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB GDDR6
44 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 Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
135 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 Super
6 GB GDDR6
89 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G MSI Radeon RX 5700 8G
8 GB GDDR6
80712

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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