NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 941 MHz
Around 64% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 967 MHz
Around 14% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1344
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 6144 MB vs 3 GB
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 477 vs 279
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10155 vs 3496
4.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5564 vs 1336
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3718
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3718
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16828 vs 6350
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16828 vs 6350
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3353
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2019 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 941 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz vs 967 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 1344
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6144 MB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	477 vs 279
PassMark - G3D Mark	10155 vs 3496
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5564 vs 1336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15109 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15109 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16828 vs 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16828 vs 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

279

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10155

3496

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5564

1336

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15109

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15109

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16828

6350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16828

6350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
PassMark - G2D Mark	477	279
PassMark - G3D Mark	10155	3496
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5564	1336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15109	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15109	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16828	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16828	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054	3353
Geekbench - OpenCL		12758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Kepler
Code name	N18E-G0	GK104
Launch date	23 April 2019	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	112	691
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	967 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	941 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	1344
Transistor count	6600 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Floating-point performance		2,599 gflops
Texture fill rate		108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		100 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6144 MB	3 GB
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		120.0 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA