MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech has the Navi 10 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced
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 graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
42-43 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 Mech is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

232 mm Length 264 mm
126 mm Height 130 mm
46 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
788 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Advanced came on the market in Q4/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no TUF3-GTX1660S-A6G-GAMING
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2019
369 $ 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 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
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)

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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech
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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