nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
8GB GDDR6 175W $499 Oct 2018
GeForce RTX 2070
$499 • Oct 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6GB GDDR5 120W $219 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 (210 benchmarks)
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
Demon Skin
8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Ludus future
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+66%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+56%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+62%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 32 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 2070 (+61%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+61%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2070 (+59%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Wins!
Based on 210 benchmarks across 63 games
68
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2070
VS
+60.7%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
207
Wins
68
Avg FPS
58
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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