Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High70179
1080p Ultra55153
1440p Ultra39119
4K Ultra2070
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy604719630
Solar Bay1926596489
Port Royal154913261
Fire Strike1618347892
Night Raid74430143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur122.5 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark8041088
DirectX 11103 fps223 fps
DirectX 1249 fps111 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps1039 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.26622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA102
Price 229 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1408 10240
TMUs 88 320
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 22 80
Ray Tracing Cores No 80
Tensor Cores No 320
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 125 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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