Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 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
120
75
68
45
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
139
110
78
41
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
196
151
107
53
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
105
92
73
41
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
73
62
43
22
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
91
84
58
38
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
70
58
44
22
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
79
72
45
18
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
125
112
80
41
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High11170
1080p Ultra9155
1440p Ultra6639
4K Ultra3620
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
10047
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy101706047
Solar Bay4595819265
Port Royal60331549
Fire Strike2566116183
Night Raid10251274430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
105349
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur166.7 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection103.3 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.21 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.56 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.17 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching489.7 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13242.9 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
18196
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark878804
DirectX 11150 fps103 fps
DirectX 1267 fps49 fps
GPU Compute7619 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
111.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)575 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase513.3 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)473.3 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex2543.8 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 22749.6 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.1 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2924.71760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Turing Turing
Codename TU104 TU116
Price 499 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1408
TMUs 160 88
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 40 22
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores 320 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 113 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 283 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 215 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
448 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 2070 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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