NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

90
Place in performance rating
not rated
58.74
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Turing
Architecture
Pascal
TU116
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
29 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
4 December 2018 (3 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$798 (3.5x MSRP)
Price now
$600
27.51
Value for money
no data
Turing TU116
GPU code name
GP104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
no data
1530 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1785 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
6,600 million
Transistor count
no data
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
125 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
157.1
Texture fill rate
202.0
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
1785 MHz
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
125 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 8-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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5X
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
336.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X is the additional functionality.

7.5
CUDA
6.1
+
Ansel
no data
+
NVENC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.5
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 138 88 73 57 44 24
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 147 93.8 86 84.3 58.5 31.5
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 298 171 137 94.3 69.3 39
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 324.4 162.1 104.8 72.2 46 24.1
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 265 143 126 122 73.4 34.4
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

59.98% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 256.3 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

Cheaper ($600 vs $798 (3.5x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super versus GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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