nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

1536

Cores

288 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

$279 Feb 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

4864

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$399 Nov 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

6GB GDDR6 120W $279 Feb 2019

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

$279 • Feb 2019

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$399 • Nov 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8GB GDDR6 200W $399 Nov 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1770 MHz	1665 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	288 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1536	4864
RT Cores	N/A	38
TMUs	96	152
ROPs	48	80
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	84.96 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	288 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	5.437 GFLOPS	16.2 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	284 mm²	392 mm²
Transistors	6600 Million	17400 Million
Required PSU	300 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

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

11980 (+102%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

72340

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

115518 (+60%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

143 FPS (+99%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

12909

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

20406 (+58%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (84 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+106%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 184 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+110%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+113%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+90%)

AVG 175 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+86%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+97%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+95%)

AVG 172 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+117%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+139%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+413%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+433%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+525%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 3 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+74%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+79%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+90%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+94%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+94%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+104%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+57%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+65%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+76%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Wins!

Based on 84 benchmarks across 26 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

+90.6%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti