NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 3060

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1408
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12712
• Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 804
• Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 62641
• Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 187.131
• Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 2548.187
• Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 15.882
• Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 117.673
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 901.388
• Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 17812
• Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 17812
• Around 53% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

• Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1320 MHz
• Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 12712
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 804
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4021.382 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961 1278

Compare specifications (specs)