nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

$219 Mar 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	6 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
TDP	120 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1785 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1408	8704
RT Cores	N/A	68
TMUs	88	272
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	2001 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.68 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.1 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	5.027 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	284 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	6600 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	300 W	700 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

19022 (+273%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

60105

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

161903 (+169%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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

211.5 FPS (+223%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

25153 (+116%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (54 benchmarks)

It Takes Two

7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+180%)

AVG 224 FPS

MIN 154 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+211%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+263%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Arcadegeddon

7 2023 • Action, Adventure • IllFonic

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+100%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+219%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+273%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+380%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+453%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+486%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Land of War - The Beginning

7.5 2021 • Action, Adventure • MS GAMES

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+136%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+250%)

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+328%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 Background

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2

7.7 2021 • Action • CI Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+105%)

AVG 168 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+217%)

AVG 168 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+235%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Necromunda: Hired Gun

7.3 2021 • Action, Adventure • Streum On Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+200%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 156 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+227%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+271%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time Background

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time

7 2022 • Action • Toys for Bob, Beenox, Activision Shanghai, Hardsuit Labs, Iron Galaxy Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+210%)

AVG 353 FPS

MIN 316 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+269%)

AVG 273 FPS

MIN 247 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+268%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 54 benchmarks across 17 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

+205.8%

122

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080