NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1468 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 10008 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12931 vs 11482
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 813 vs 731
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61407 vs 45938
Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6260 vs 6008

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 10008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12931 vs 11482
PassMark - G2D Mark	813 vs 731
Geekbench - OpenCL	61407 vs 45938
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6260 vs 6008

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17105 vs 16952
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5581 vs 3718
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17105 vs 16952
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5581 vs 3718

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105 vs 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105 vs 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12931

11482

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

813

731

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

61407

45938

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16952

17105

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

5581

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16952

17105

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

5581

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3360

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6260

6008

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	12931	11482
PassMark - G2D Mark	813	731
Geekbench - OpenCL	61407	45938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16952	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16952	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6260	6008

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Pascal
Code name	TU116	GP104
Launch date	22 February 2019	27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	200	182
Price now	$279.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6,600 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		7,516 gflops
Pipelines		2560
Texture fill rate		234.9 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	10008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5X
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready