GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 1660
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3070 and 6GB VRAM GeForce GTX 1660 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3070 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 6 months late
More VRAM (8GB vs 6GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (448.0GB/s vs 192.1GB/s)
4480 additional rendering cores
GeForce GTX 1660 's Advantages
Boost Clock has increased by 3% (1785MHz vs 1725MHz)
Lower TDP (120W vs 220W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3070
+304%
20310
GeForce GTX 1660
5027
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3070
+150%
13641
GeForce GTX 1660
5444
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3070
+174%
6762
GeForce GTX 1660
2465
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+120%
53
GeForce GTX 1660
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+102%
95
GeForce GTX 1660
47
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+97%
144
GeForce GTX 1660
73
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+102%
81
GeForce GTX 1660
40
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+93%
141
GeForce GTX 1660
73
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+106%
188
GeForce GTX 1660
91
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+36%
68
GeForce GTX 1660
50
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+101%
105
GeForce GTX 1660
52
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+1%
159
GeForce GTX 1660
156
Graphics Card
Sep 2020
Release Date
Mar 2019
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 16
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1500 MHz
Base Clock
1530 MHz
1725 MHz
Boost Clock
1785 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
2001 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
6GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR5
256bit
Memory Bus
192bit
448.0GB/s
Bandwidth
192.1GB/s
Render Config
46
SM Count
22
5888
Shading Units
1408
184
TMUs
88
96
ROPs
48
184
Tensor Cores
-
46
RT Cores
-
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SM)
4 MB
L2 Cache
1536 KB
Theoretical Performance
165.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
85.68 GPixel/s
317.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
157.1 GTexel/s
20.31 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
10.05 TFLOPS
20.31 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
5.027 TFLOPS
317.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
157.1 GFLOPS
Board Design
220W
TDP
120W
550 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
Graphics Processor
GA104
GPU Name
TU116
GA104-300-A1
GPU Variant
TU116-300-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
12 nm
17.4 billion
Transistors
6.6 billion
392 mm²
Die Size
284 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
7.5
6.6
Shader Model
6.6
