NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 3080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4x more pipelines: 6144 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
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16480 vs 10184
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 483
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 16828
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 16828
  • 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12007 vs 5582
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 23 April 2019
Pipelines 6144 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6144 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16480 vs 10184
PassMark - G2D Mark 641 vs 483
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 16828
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12007 vs 5582

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

  • Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3359
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1590 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16480
10184
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
641
483
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
12007
5582
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 16480 10184
PassMark - G2D Mark 641 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 96301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12007 5582

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 N18E-G0
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 23 April 2019
Place in performance rating 124 123
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 1590 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 1536
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6144 MB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready