Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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 Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX has the GA106-150-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
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 graphics memory of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.552 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.

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 Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

With the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

170 mm Length 247 mm
125 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 862 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2022.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X came on the market in Q4/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

NE63050019P1-190AF 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
6 GB GDDR6
21 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
6 GB GDDR6
45 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
6 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX
8 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X
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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