NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 1 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 960 MHz
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11690 vs 11355
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 782 vs 540
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 960 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11690 vs 11355
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8004 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17150 vs 14998
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17150 vs 14998
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5904 vs 5414
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 8004 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17150 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17150 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5904 vs 5414

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11690
11355
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
782
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5414
5904
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 11690 11355
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 540
Geekbench - OpenCL 57151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5414 5904

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Turing Turing
Code name TU116 TU106B
Launch date 14 March 2019 29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $219
Place in performance rating 240 204
Type Desktop Laptop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 960 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 10,800 million
Pipelines 1920

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 8004 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR6