NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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, 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

• 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 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 11659
• Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 776
• Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 58014
• Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 189.842
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 1902.867
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 13.408
• Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 116.183
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 875.838
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 14998
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 14998
• Around 84% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1065

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

• Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1320 MHz
• Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
• 4.3x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 11659
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 776
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 58014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4021.382 1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 13.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 116.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 875.838
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961 1065

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