nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

$219 Mar 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1785 MHz	1725 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1408	5888
RT Cores	N/A	46
TMUs	88	184
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2001 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.68 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.1 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	5.027 GFLOPS	20.31 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

5094

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

14126 (+177%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

60105

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

126195 (+110%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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

170.2 FPS (+160%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

22256 (+91%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (84 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+165%)

AVG 223 FPS

MIN 204 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+173%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3070 (+181%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+137%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+141%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+162%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+142%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+172%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+220%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+585%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+700%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+867%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+126%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+138%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+148%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+153%)

AVG 185 FPS

MIN 174 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+151%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+167%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+106%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+118%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+131%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!

Based on 84 benchmarks across 26 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

+146.2%

102

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070