Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
91
52
43
25
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High74126
1080p Ultra58103
1440p Ultra4177
4K Ultra2244
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy634411708
Solar Bay2046254344
Port Royal16526969
Fire Strike1664329561
Night Raid76116109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur124.8 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark807988
DirectX 11103 fps163 fps
DirectX 1251 fps79 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.63670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA104
Price 279 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1536 4864
TMUs 96 152
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 24 38
Ray Tracing Cores No 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 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 3060 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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