NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• 2x more texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
• 4.2x more pipelines: 5888 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 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22253 vs 12712
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 804
• Around 97% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123479 vs 62641
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 453.922 vs 187.131
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5803.174 vs 2548.187
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 40.757 vs 15.882
• Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 182.055 vs 117.673
• Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1664.554 vs 901.388
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 17812
• 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13566 vs 3717
• 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 31930 vs 3351
• Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 17812
• 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13566 vs 3717
• 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 31930 vs 3351
• 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3163 vs 1278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1725 MHz
• Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 220 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	22253 12712
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	999 804
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	123479 62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	453.922 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5803.174 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.757 15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	182.055 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1664.554 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31716 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13566 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31930 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31716 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13566 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31930 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3163 1278

Compare specifications (specs)