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 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 58014 vs 55548
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 189.842 vs 150.103
• 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.183 vs 27.417
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 875.838 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

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

• Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1530 MHz
• Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15578 vs 11659
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 887 vs 776
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2036.763 vs 1902.867
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.035 vs 13.408
• Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1560 vs 1065

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11659 15578
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	776 887
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	58014 55548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	189.842 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1902.867 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.408 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.183 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	875.838 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1065 1560

Compare specifications (specs)