NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13796 vs 11691
  • Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82601 vs 57152
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20344 vs 14998
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 3717
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20344 vs 14998
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 3717
  • Around 58% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8579 vs 5414
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 vs 14 March 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13796 vs 11691
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 vs 57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 3717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8579 vs 5414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 782 vs 582
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Memory clock speed 8004 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 vs 582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13796
11691
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
582
782
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82601
57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8579
5414
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G3D Mark 13796 11691
PassMark - G2D Mark 582 782
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8579 5414
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

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Essentials

Architecture Turing Turing
Code name TU104B TU116
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 14 March 2019
Place in performance rating 136 241
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $219

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1080 MHz 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072
Pixel fill rate 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) 8004 MHz
Memory type GDDR6