NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) 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) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1590 MHz
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 4864 vs 1536
  • 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 6144 MB
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 10155
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 477
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 16828
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 16828
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Pipelines 4864 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6144 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 10155
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 477
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 16828

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3360
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3360
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5564 vs 2671
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5564 vs 2671

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
10155
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
477
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
5564
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 10155
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 477
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 5564

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 N18E-G0
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 23 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 104 112
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1590 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1455 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 1536
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6144 MB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6