NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

105
Place in performance rating
31
51.95
Value for money (0-100)
19.29
Turing
Architecture
Pascal
TU116
Code name
GP102
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 February 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$894 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
22.22
Value for money
37.27
Turing TU116
GPU code name
GP102
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
3584
1500 MHz
Core clock speed
1481 MHz
1770 MHz
Boost Clock
1582 MHz
6,600 million
Transistor count
11,800 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
169.9
Texture fill rate
354.4
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Floating-point performance
11,340 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
91 °C
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1770 MHz
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
11,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt

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 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5X
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
352 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
3.0
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Ansel
+
no data
Virtual Reality
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 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 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 309 166 98 66 45 24
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 278 161 142 118 81.7 41.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
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

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

22.38% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($780 (1.1x MSRP) vs $894 (3.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 1536)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 288.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti