ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge GPU Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 88
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ZOTAC SPECTRA 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

224 mm Length 168 mm
116 mm Height 122 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

ZT-A30600E-10M Part-no NE51660018J9-165F
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2019
389 $ Launch Price 219 $ (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)

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)

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
40 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)

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
77 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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