Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
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
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High70183
1080p Ultra55155
1440p Ultra39122
4K Ultra2070
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy604720901
Solar Bay1926597900
Port Royal154913112
Fire Strike1618350143
Night Raid74430164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur122.5 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark8041178
DirectX 11103 fps274 fps
DirectX 1249 fps108 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.27090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 January, 17, 2024
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 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 1408 7168
TMUs 88 224
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 22 56
Ray Tracing Cores No 56
Tensor Cores No 224
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 125 W 220 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 SUPER
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 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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