Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
88
53
43
26
133
82
74
53
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
150
124
88
49
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
220
166
118
65
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
115
102
83
48
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
86
68
51
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
106
96
68
45
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
80
66
48
26
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
92
79
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
141
127
94
51
Avg FPS
1080p High70125
1080p Ultra55101
1440p Ultra3975
4K Ultra2043
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Time Spy604711623
Solar Bay1926552230
Port Royal15497001
Fire Strike1618328771
Night Raid74430107853
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Background Blur122.5 frames/s197.1 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s110.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec6.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec7.05 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec576.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps15732.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
G2D Mark804921
DirectX 11103 fps164 fps
DirectX 1249 fps75 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s8363 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps636.8 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps560.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps518.5 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps2788.7 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps3207.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps275.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.23375.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 July, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing Turing
Codename TU116 TU104
Price 229 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1650 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1815 MHz
Shader Units 1408 3072
TMUs 88 192
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 22 48
Ray Tracing Cores No 48
Tensor Cores No 384
L1 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 348 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 125 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1937 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 15500 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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