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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
22 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce GTX 1660

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High18964
1080p Ultra16250
1440p Ultra12636
4K Ultra7518
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy226135443
Solar Bay10376818090
Port Royal143121457
Fire Strike5779314194
Night Raid17298666156
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur254.4 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark1297776
DirectX 11277 fps79 fps
DirectX 12108 fps48 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a355.8 fps
Car Chasen/a317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a282.1 fps
T-Rexn/a1281.3 fps
ALU 2n/a1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1714.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 14, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB205-300 TU116
Price n/a 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1408
TMUs 192 88
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 48 22
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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