NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 2469.3x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
  • 3.6x more pipelines: 4864 vs 1344
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 291.7x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 6.0 GB/s
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 4413
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 468
  • 7.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 15375
  • 8.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 36.256
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 1029.267
  • 11.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 3.037
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 45.894
  • 17.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 82.191
  • 8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 3285
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3684
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3337
  • 8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 3285
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3684
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3337
  • Around 65% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 1615
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 16 August 2012
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Pipelines 4864 vs 1344
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 4413
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 468
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 15375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 vs 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 1615

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
4413
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
468
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
15375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4756.579
1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
1615
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 4413
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 468
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 15375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 1615

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Kepler
Code name GA104 GK104
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 16 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $299
Place in performance rating 104 701
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $321.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 980 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 28 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 1344
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin Two 6-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.3
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA