Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 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
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High74192
1080p Ultra58163
1440p Ultra41128
4K Ultra2275
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy634421841
Solar Bay20462109151
Port Royal165214882
Fire Strike1664351985
Night Raid76116155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur124.8 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark8071227
DirectX 11103 fps241 fps
DirectX 1251 fps122 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps1005.1 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps781.7 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps4109.9 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps274.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.67000.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 March, 29, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA102
Price 279 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 1536 10752
TMUs 96 336
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 24 84
Ray Tracing Cores No 84
Tensor Cores No 336
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 450 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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 3090 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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