NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2304

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2070

$261.99 Oct 2018 View Details

$261.99

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1660

N/A Mar 2019 View Details

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

8GB GDDR6 175W $261.99 Oct 2018

GeForce RTX 2070

$499 • Oct 2018

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Mar 2019

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Memory Size	8 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR5
TDP	175 W	120 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1620 MHz	1785 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	12nm
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Shading Units	2304	1408
RT Cores	36	N/A
TMUs	144	88
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	2001 MHz
Pixel Rate	103.7 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	192.1 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	7.465 GFLOPS	5.027 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	1.50 MB
Die Size	445 mm²	284 mm²
Transistors	10800 Million	6600 Million
Required PSU	450 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8494 (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

5094

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

97923 (+63%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

60105

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

100.2 FPS (+53%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

65.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16132 (+38%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Game Benchmarks Comparison (215 benchmarks)

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| high

| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware

GeForce RTX 2070 (+33%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| high

| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware

GeForce RTX 2070 (+32%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

2160p

| high

| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware

GeForce RTX 2070 (+55%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| high

| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware

GeForce RTX 2070 (+52%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| high

| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware

GeForce RTX 2070 (+60%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2070 (+67%)

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2070 (+65%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2070 (+70%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 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 2070 (+46%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+50%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+59%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 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 2070 (+47%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+55%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+75%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2070 (+315%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2070 (+386%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2070 (+467%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 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 2070 (+63%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+62%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+64%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Wins!

Based on 215 benchmarks across 65 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

+60.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1660