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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

23 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
Processors:
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
88
53
43
26
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High70116
1080p Ultra5595
1440p Ultra3970
4K Ultra2039
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy604710620
Solar Bay1926549040
Port Royal15496050
Fire Strike1618328559
Night Raid74430121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur122.5 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark8041080
DirectX 11103 fps174 fps
DirectX 1249 fps77 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps709 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.23372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU116 AD107
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 1408 3072
TMUs 88 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 22 24
Ray Tracing Cores No 24
Tensor Cores No 96
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 125 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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