NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1733 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
- 800.4x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 10 GB/s
- Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57151 vs 52523
- Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.366 vs 150.103
- 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.54 vs 27.417
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 887.857 vs 819.934
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 11173
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3690
- Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 11173
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3690
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 14 March 2019 vs 27 May 2016 |
Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz vs 1733 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 16 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 180 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz vs 10 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 57151 vs 52523 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 190.366 vs 150.103 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 118.54 vs 27.417 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 887.857 vs 819.934 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 vs 11173 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 vs 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3343 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 vs 11173 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 vs 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3343 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
- Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1530 MHz
- Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15529 vs 11691
- Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 891 vs 782
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2036.763 vs 1892.505
- Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 13.492
- Around 39% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7533 vs 5414
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1607 MHz vs 1530 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 15529 vs 11691 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 891 vs 782 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2036.763 vs 1892.505 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 14.035 vs 13.492 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 7533 vs 5414 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 11691 | 15529 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 782 | 891 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 57151 | 52523 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 190.366 | 150.103 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1892.505 | 2036.763 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.492 | 14.035 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 118.54 | 27.417 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 887.857 | 819.934 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 | 11173 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3343 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 | 11173 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3343 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 5414 | 7533 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
Code name | TU116 | GP104 |
Launch date | 14 March 2019 | 27 May 2016 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $219 | $599 |
Place in performance rating | 240 | 264 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Price now | $439.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 43.72 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz | 1733 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1530 MHz | 1607 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 16 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 180 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,600 million | 7,200 million |
CUDA cores | 2560 | |
Floating-point performance | 8,873 gflops | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | |
Pipelines | 2560 | |
Texture fill rate | 277.3 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 229 mm | 10.5" (26.7 cm) |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 8-pin |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
Width | 2-slot | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 | 12.0 (12_1) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz | 10 GB/s |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 320 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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SLI | ||
Virtual Reality | ||
VR Ready |