Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
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
110
67
60
39
83
49
39
22
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
125
89
63
27
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
69
60
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
43
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
49
41
30
21
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
38
28
21
12
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
40
38
20
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
73
66
46
21
Avg FPS
1080p High10066
1080p Ultra8052
1440p Ultra5836
4K Ultra3219
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Time Spy87485597
Solar Bay4096417950
Port Royal51421507
Fire Strike2230814832
Night Raid9883160559
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Background Blur149.6 frames/s119.1 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s64.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec3.28 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec3.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.88 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec300.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps8599.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
G2D Mark961477
DirectX 11128 fps87 fps
DirectX 1269 fps39 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s3717 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps310 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps289.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps257.9 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps1225.1 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps1359 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps199 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.41509.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Turing
Codename GA106 TU116 (N18E-G0)
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1590 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1536
TMUs 112 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 28 24
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 153 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 170 W 80 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 6.6 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 23.24 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

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