GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
90
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Value for money (0-100)
58.74
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
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Code name
TU116
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Type
Desktop
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Release date
29 October 2019 (2 years ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$2099 (3.5x MSRP)
Price now
$798 (3.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
27.51
GA104
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1408
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Core clock speed
1530 MHz
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Boost Clock
1785 MHz
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Transistor count
6,600 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
325.4
Texture fill rate
157.1
6144
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
1695 MHz
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
18,000 million
Number of transistors
6,600 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
125 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
242 mm
Length
229 mm
1x 12-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
512.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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HDCP
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
7.5
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Ansel
+
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NVENC
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.5
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 138 88 73 57 44 24
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 147 93.8 86 84.3 58.5 31.5
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 298 171 137 94.3 69.3 39
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 324.4 162.1 104.8 72.2 46 24.1
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 265 143 126 122 73.4 34.4
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 336.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

59.98% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($798 (3.5x MSRP) vs $2099 (3.5x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

So, GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super .

GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super