NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 RTX 3060 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 4864 vs 1408
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 12712
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 804
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 62641
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 187.131
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 2548.187
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 15.882
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 117.673
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 901.388
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 17812
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 17812
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1278
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 29 Oct 2019
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4864 vs 1408
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 12712
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 804
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 vs 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
12712
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
804
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4756.579
2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
1278
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 12712
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 804
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 1278

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU116
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 29 Oct 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $229
Place in performance rating 104 223
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64) 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1) 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS 5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4864 1408
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s 157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6