MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC $380
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super $229
3584 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1807MHz
1408 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
414.48 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
12.95 TFLOPS
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP16
12.95 TFLOPS
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
170W
TDP
125W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 98,090
32%
GB5 OpenCL 60,815
20%
GB5 CUDA 100,785
28%
GB5 CUDA 65,080
18%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 77,125
38%
GB5 Vulkan 55,900
27%
OCT 2020.1 310
41%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
MSI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-300-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/25/2021
Release Date
10/29/2019
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1807MHz
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1530MHz Base
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
414.48 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
12.95 TFLOPS
51.81 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
103.62 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
51.81 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.95 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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FP64
160 GFLOPS
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BF16
12.95 TFLOPS
25.91 TFLOPS Tensor
51.81 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.95 TFLOPS Tensor
25.91 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
207.24 TOPS Tensor
414.48 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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103.62 TOPS Tensor
207.24 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.48 TOPS
INT32
5.03 TOPS
Ray Tracing
25.3 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
86.736 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
202.384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
157.08 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
360GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
125W
Temp
93°C Max
Temp
95°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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2x Fans
Not a Card
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
124 mm (4.88 in)
Width
235 mm (9.25 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
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