NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 12900
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 807
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 61100
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 208.608
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 2573.643
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 16.447
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 145.886
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 926.614
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 16952
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 16952
  • 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1061
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 22 February 2019
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 12900
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 vs 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1061

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
12900
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4756.579
2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
1061
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 12900
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 1061

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU116
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 22 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $279
Place in performance rating 104 221
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $279.99
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4864
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6