NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1536
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6GB GDDR6 120W $178.99 Feb 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
$279 • Feb 2019
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 120 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1770 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 96 | 160 |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 84.96 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.437 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 6600 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
5918
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
7282 (+23%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
72340 (+13%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
63994
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
71.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
89.1 FPS (+24%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
12909
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
15572 (+21%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (242 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+53%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+54%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+53%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+7%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+73%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+2%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+2%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+11%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
8 2026 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+8%)
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+5%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+13%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
007 First Light
8 2026 • Action, Adventure IO Interactive A/S
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+11%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+11%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+4%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+6%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+3%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+17%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+78%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+23%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+6%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+108%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 242 benchmarks across 71 games
46
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
+22.7%
57
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
21
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
9%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
206
Wins
57
Avg FPS
48
Min FPS
85%
Win Rate
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