nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

$219 Mar 2019 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Memory Size	10 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
TDP	320 W	120 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1785 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	12nm
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Shading Units	8704	1408
RT Cores	68	N/A
TMUs	272	88
ROPs	96	48
Memory Bus	320-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	2001 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	192.1 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.77 GFLOPS	5.027 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	1.50 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	284 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	6600 Million
Required PSU	700 W	300 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

19022 (+273%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

5094

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

161903 (+169%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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)

211.5 FPS (+223%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

65.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

25153 (+116%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

11656

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Game Benchmarks Comparison (84 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+224%)

AVG 272 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+240%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+259%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 87 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 3080 (+189%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+212%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+238%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 84 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 3080 (+209%)

AVG 244 FPS

MIN 216 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+249%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+315%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+777%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+929%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+1133%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 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 3080 (+222%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+232%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+236%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 74 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 3080 (+230%)

AVG 241 FPS

MIN 228 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+236%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+262%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 73 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 3080 (+160%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+216%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+228%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce GTX 1660

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison