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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs 1070 Ti

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
VS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
TU116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB with 22 pipelines and 1408 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month older 1070 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 19 pipelines and 2432 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR5
35.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
21.1
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1070 Ti over GTX 1660 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
  • Has 31% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 256.3 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
  • Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 64% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.2 vs 5 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 13% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 45 vs 40 FPS
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 73% more shading units (2432 vs 1408)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
GTX 1070 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
86
51
43
25
97
56
45
29
The Witcher 3
83
65
47
26
95
77
53
27
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
68
29
149
104
78
37
Far Cry 6
70
62
46
24
78
70
52
25
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
26
13
54
42
31
16
CoD: Modern Warfare III
55
44
31
19
63
52
37
23
Ghost of Tsushima
41
34
26
12
49
37
26
13
Cyberpunk 2077
44
40
22
11
51
48
26
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
87
77
53
28
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 71 80
1080p Ultra 55 63
1440p Ultra 40 45
4K Ultra 20 23
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
GTX 1070 Ti +18%
6671
Time Spy 6042 6842
Solar Bay 19265 18306
Port Royal 1547 1554
Fire Strike 16189 20113
Wild Life Extreme 12334 13255
Night Raid 74735 78888
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1660 SUPER +16%
67074
GTX 1070 Ti
57735
Background Blur 122.5 img/sec 149.2 img/sec
Face Detection 68.6 img/sec 67.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.56 Gpixels/sec 2.36 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.33 Gpixels/sec 3.57 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.21 Gpixels/sec 4.32 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.86 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 273.3 Gpixels/sec 209.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8476.3 FPS 6584.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER
3271
GTX 1070 Ti +16%
3806

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1660 SUPER
12662
GTX 1070 Ti +16%
14668
G2D Mark 807 876
DirectX 11 104 FPS 106 FPS
DirectX 12 50 FPS 52 FPS
GPU Compute 5033 Ops/s 7166 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 22253 & 13017 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER +22%
764.56
GTX 1070 Ti
626.69
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 886 & 393 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-02 (TEST)Cinebench 20243271
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GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER +14%
10238
GTX 1070 Ti
8949
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER
8153
GTX 1070 Ti +8%
8769
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1660 SUPER +13%
7392
GTX 1070 Ti
6546
Image Classification (SP) 4278 3473
Image Segmentation (HP) 5856 5149
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9561 9722
Face Detection (HP) 9830 9306
Pose Estimation (Q) 36109 34870
Text Classification (SP) 1858 2139
Machine Translation (HP) 3286 2424
Object Detection (SP) 5151 4566
Depth Estimation (Q) 18021 14316
Style Transfer (SP) 73708 88984
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and 1070 Ti

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 29, 2019 November 2, 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $229 -
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU116 GP104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9500 or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (75th and 74th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1530 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 1785 MHz 1683 MHz
Shading Units 1408 2432
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 88 152
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 22 19
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1536KB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 GPixel/s 108 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTexel/s 256 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1660 SUPER
5 TFLOPS
GTX 1070 Ti +64%
8.2 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 125 W 180 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 284 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor Count 6 billion 7 billion
Transistor Density 21.13 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1660 SUPER +31%
336 GB/s
GTX 1070 Ti
256.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 7.5 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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