NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 224.4 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Around 55% higher pipelines: 2176 vs 1408
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 850 vs 804
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 12712
6.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 1278

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 29 Oct 2019
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2176 vs 1408
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	850 vs 804
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 12712
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 1278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 184 Watt

Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 184 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

850

804

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15977

12712

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8026

1278

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G2D Mark	850	804
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977	12712
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026	1278
Geekbench - OpenCL		62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Code name	TU106	TU116
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	54	223
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1785 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	1408
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6