nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
VS
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 (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
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
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
122
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
VS
+205.8%
40
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
54
Wins
122
Avg FPS
104
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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