nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

$219 Mar 2019 View Details

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

6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	6 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1785 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1408	3584
RT Cores	N/A	28
TMUs	88	112
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2001 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.68 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.1 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	5.027 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	284 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	6600 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 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

5094

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

8993 (+77%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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 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 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

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

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

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

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

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

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

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

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

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

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

7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

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

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

+74.3%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB