Review: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming X

by Parm Mann on 11 November 2019, 14:01

Tags: MSI, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qaefjn

Add to My Vault: x

Test Methodology

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming X


GPU Comparisons

 
GPU
Memory
Miscellaneous
Cores
Base
(MHz)
Boost
(MHz)
Type
Size
(MB)
Clock
(MHz)
Bus
(bits)
Power Config
Driver
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition
4,352
1,350
1,635
GDDR6
11,264
14,000
352
8+8
431.16
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio
3,584
1,544
1,658
GDDR5X
11,264
11,000
352
8+8
431.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition
3,072
1,650
1,815
GDDR6
8,192
15,500
256
6+8
431.56
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
2,944
1,515
1,800
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
431.16
Inno3D GeForce RTX 2070 Super Twin X2 OC
2,560
1,605
1,785
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
431.70
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 WindForce
2,304
1,410
1,620
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
431.16
Palit GeForce RTX 2060 Super JS
2,176
1,470
1,830
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
431.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super Founders Edition
2,176
1,470
1,650
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
8
431.16
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
1,920
1,365
1,680
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
192
8
431.16
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra Gaming
1,536
1,500
1,860
GDDR6
6,144
12,000
192
8
441.07
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming OC
1,408
1,530
1,860
GDDR6
6,144
14,000
192
8
441.07
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming X
1,408
1,530
1,830
GDDR6
6,144
14,000
192
8
441.07
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming OC
1,408
1,530
1,860
GDDR5
6,144
8,000
192
8
441.07
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
4,096
1,247
1,546
HBM2
8,192
945
2,048
8+8
19.7.1
AMD Radeon VII
3,840
1,400
1,800
HBM2
16,384
1,000
4,096
8+8
19.7.1
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+
2,560
1,770
2,010
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
8+8
19.9.1
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
2,560
1,605
1,905
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
19.7.1
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 Pulse
2,304
1,540
1,750
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
19.7.5
AMD Radeon RX 5700
2,304
1,465
1,725
GDDR6
8,192
14,000
256
6+8
19.7.1

HEXUS Graphics Test Bench

Hardware Components Product Page
Processor Intel Core i7-8700K (overclocked to 4.8GHz) intel.com
CPU Cooler Fractal Design Celsius S24 fractal-design.com
Motherboard Asus ROG Maximus X Hero asus.com
Memory G.Skill Trident Z 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 gskill.com
Power Supply be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1,000W bequiet.com
Primary Storage 256GB WD Black PCIe SSD wdc.com
Secondary Storage 1TB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD crucial.com
Chassis be quiet! Dark Base 700 bequiet.com
Monitor iiyama ProLite X4071UHSU-B1 iiyama.com
Operating system Windows 10 Pro 1903 microsoft.com

Benchmark Suite

Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Time Spy Extreme Stress Test
Gaming Benchmarks and Settings
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm DX12, 8xMSAA, Ultra Quality
Far Cry: New Dawn DX11, TAA, HD Textures Enabled, Ultra Quality
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 DX12, TAA, Ultra Quality
Total War: Three Kingdoms DX11, TAA, Ultra Quality
World War Z Vulkan, TAA, Ultra Quality
World of Tanks enCore DX11, TSSAA HQ, Ultra Quality
General Benchmarks
Power Consumption To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record system-wide mains power draw both when idle and while playing Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Temperature To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record GPU core temperature both when idle and while playing Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Noise A PCE-318 meter is used to record noise levels when idle and while playing Tom Clancy's The Division 2