Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 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
99
62
49
35
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High8670
1080p Ultra6955
1440p Ultra5039
4K Ultra2820
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy75716047
Solar Bay3417919265
Port Royal41341549
Fire Strike1976816183
Night Raid8491874430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur144.4 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark747804
DirectX 11110 fps103 fps
DirectX 1253 fps49 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase423 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.11760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Turing Turing
Codename TU106 TU116
Price 349 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1408
TMUs 120 88
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 22
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
14 (63.64%)
8 (36.36%)
Total Votes: 22

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