NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

124
Place in performance rating
not rated
52.98
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Turing
Architecture
Ampere
TU116
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
23 April 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
4 January 2021 (less than a year ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$682 (3x MSRP)
Price now
no data
22.56
Value for money
no data
N18E-G0
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
no data
1455 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1590 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
6,600 million
Transistor count
no data
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
152.6
Texture fill rate
153.8
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1590 MHz
Boost clock speed
1283 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
13,250 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
large

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 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6192 MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
8.6

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2
no data
Shader Model
6.5
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 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 Ti Mobile or GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 125 83 70 55 43 23
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 151 99.4 92.1 89 59.9 31.5
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 227 143 126 92 65 37
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 262 159 101 70.1 44.9 21.8
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 197 148 133 129 80.9 38.8
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
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 Ti Mobile

46.14% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 264.0 GB/s)

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6192 MB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile or GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile versus GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

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