Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High70182
1080p Ultra55153
1440p Ultra39119
4K Ultra2069
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy604719900
Solar Bay1926597504
Port Royal154913633
Fire Strike1618347520
Night Raid74430139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur122.5 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark8041060
DirectX 11103 fps220 fps
DirectX 1249 fps110 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.26622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA102
Price 229 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 1408 10496
TMUs 88 328
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 22 82
Ray Tracing Cores No 82
Tensor Cores No 328
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 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 35.6 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 1219 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 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 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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