NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1660

N/A Mar 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3090

N/A Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Mar 2019

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W N/A Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	6 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
TDP	120 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1785 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1408	10496
RT Cores	N/A	82
TMUs	88	328
ROPs	48	112
Memory Bus	192-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2001 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.68 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.1 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	5.027 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	284 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	6600 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	300 W	750 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

21950 (+331%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

60105

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

211669 (+252%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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

247.5 FPS (+278%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

26671 (+129%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (75 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+250%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+262%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+264%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 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 3090 (+259%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+264%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+295%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 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 3090 (+160%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+243%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+256%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+195%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+261%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+287%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+239%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+257%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+265%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+151%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+203%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+239%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 75 benchmarks across 25 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

+233.5%

139

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090