Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High74150
1080p Ultra58125
1440p Ultra4194
4K Ultra2256
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy634414873
Solar Bay2046269827
Port Royal16528880
Fire Strike1664337227
Night Raid76116133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur124.8 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark8071051
DirectX 11103 fps192 fps
DirectX 1251 fps91 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps865.5 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps610.7 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps3191.9 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps288.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.64520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 June, 10, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA104
Price 279 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 1536 6144
TMUs 96 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 24 48
Ray Tracing Cores No 48
Tensor Cores No 192
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 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 290 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 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 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 3070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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