NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

$219 Mar 2019 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

VS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
6 GB12 GB
GDDR5GDDR6
120 W 170 W
N/AN/A
1785 MHz 1777 MHz
192.1 GB/s360 GB/s
12nm8nm
TuringAmpere
14083584
N/A28
88112
4848
192-bit192-bit
2001 MHz 1875 MHz
85.68 GPixel/s 85.3 GPixel/s
192.1 GTexel/s360 GTexel/s
5.027 GFLOPS12.74 GFLOPS
1.50 MB3.00 MB
284 mm²276 mm²
6600 Million12000 Million
300 W 450 W
1x 8-pin1x 12-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
12.112.2
1.31.3
4.64.6
TSMCSamsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

5094

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

8993 (+77%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

60105

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

91603 (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

65.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

109.4 FPS (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

16870 (+45%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (42 benchmarks)

Scars Above Background
Scars Above

Scars Above

7.9 2023 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+68%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+71%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+74%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Forgotten City Background
The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+57%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+55%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+69%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Ascent Background
The Ascent

The Ascent

8 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+68%)
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+83%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+105%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+392%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 6 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+471%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 3 FPS
MIN 2 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+567%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Total War ROME REMASTERED Background
Total War ROME REMASTERED

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+46%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+49%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Demon Skin Background
Demon Skin

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+64%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+62%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+71%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two Background
It Takes Two

It Takes Two

7.9 2021 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+69%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+67%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+63%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!

Based on 42 benchmarks across 12 games

43
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
VS
+74.3%
74
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5

0
Wins
43
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6

42
Wins
74
Avg FPS
65
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Radeon RX 5700 XT

2019 8GB GDDR6 $399
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

2016 6GB GDDR5 $299
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

2022 8GB GDDR6 $249
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

GeForce RTX 2070

2018 8GB GDDR6 $499
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

2017 11GB GDDR5X $699
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

2024 16GB GDDR6X $799
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Radeon RX 6800 XT

2020 16GB GDDR6 $649
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660

2019 6GB GDDR5 $219
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

Radeon R9 290X

2013 4GB GDDR5 $549

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