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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.81 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.25 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC 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 Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC has a turbo clock of 1.807 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 1.830 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 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.

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 graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

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

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC was released in Q1/2022.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X published in Q4/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

NE63050S19P1-190AF 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 OC Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC
8 GB GDDR6
101 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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