Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High70n/a
1080p Ultra55n/a
1440p Ultra39n/a
4K Ultra20n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
n/a
Time Spy6047n/a
Solar Bay19265n/a
Port Royal1549n/a
Fire Strike16183n/a
Night Raid74430n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
27187
Background Blur122.5 frames/s44.2 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s21.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec1.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec1.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec115.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps5380.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
n/a
G2D Mark804n/a
DirectX 11103 fpsn/a
DirectX 1249 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5099 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase339.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex1502.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21607.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1760.2n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 29, 2019 December, 14, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Xe LPG
Codename TU116 n/a
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2200 MHz
Shader Units 1408 896
TMUs 88 56
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 22 112
Ray Tracing Cores No 7
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core 1344 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 125 W 28 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6 billion n/a
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

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