Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
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
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High70150
1080p Ultra55125
1440p Ultra3994
4K Ultra2056
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy604714873
Solar Bay1926569827
Port Royal15498880
Fire Strike1618337227
Night Raid74430133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur122.5 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark8041051
DirectX 11103 fps192 fps
DirectX 1249 fps91 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps865.5 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps610.7 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps3191.9 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps288.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.24520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 June, 10, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA104
Price 229 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 1408 6144
TMUs 88 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 22 48
Ray Tracing Cores No 48
Tensor Cores No 192
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 125 W 290 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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