Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
24 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
91
52
43
25
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
87
70
47
26
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
138
98
71
31
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
75
66
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
49
37
27
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
56
49
33
23
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
45
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
47
45
25
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
80
74
49
27
Avg FPS
1080p High18974
1080p Ultra16258
1440p Ultra12641
4K Ultra7522
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Time Spy226136344
Solar Bay10376820462
Port Royal143121652
Fire Strike5779316643
Night Raid17298676116
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Background Blur254.4 frames/s124.8 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s69.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec355.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps9094.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
G2D Mark1297807
DirectX 11277 fps103 fps
DirectX 12108 fps51 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s5253 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a404.9 fps
Car Chasen/a369.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a324.3 fps
T-Rexn/a1580.9 fps
ALU 2n/a1754.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.4 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1901.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 22, 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 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1536
TMUs 192 96
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 48 24
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 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 170 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 5.4 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 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 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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