NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2795 vs 1061
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 19 Oct 2022 vs 22 February 2019 |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
Benchmarks | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2795 vs 1061 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1410 MHz
- Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1665 MHz
- Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
- 10.1x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 1410 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1770 MHz vs 1665 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2795 | 1061 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 12900 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 807 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 61100 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 208.608 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 2573.643 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 16.447 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 145.886 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 926.614 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 16952 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 16952 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
Code name | GA104 | TU116 |
Launch date | 19 Oct 2022 | 22 February 2019 |
Place in performance rating | 460 | 221 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
Price now | $279.99 | |
Type | Desktop | |
Value for money (0-100) | 67.32 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1665 MHz | 1770 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 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 | |
Pixel fill rate | 133.2 GPixel/s | |
Texture fill rate | 253.1 GTexel/s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 120 Watt |
Transistor count | 17400 million | 6,600 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
DisplayPort support | ||
HDMI | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | 229 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 550 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 608.3 GB/s | |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | |
Memory clock speed | 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective | 12000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6X |