Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High70166
1080p Ultra55139
1440p Ultra39107
4K Ultra2063
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy604717825
Solar Bay1926582645
Port Royal154911149
Fire Strike1618344109
Night Raid74430152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur122.5 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark8041165
DirectX 11103 fps245 fps
DirectX 1249 fps102 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps1039 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.26200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU116 AD104
Price 229 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 1408 5888
TMUs 88 184
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 22 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 125 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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