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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GTX 1080

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
TU116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB with 22 pipelines and 1408 shaders against the 3 years and 6 months older GTX 1080 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 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)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
6 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR5X
35.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
20.7
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1080 over GTX 1660 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080
  • Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 78% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.9 vs 5 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 23% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 49 vs 40 FPS
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 82% more shading units (2560 vs 1408)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
GTX 1080

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
86
51
43
25
103
60
50
33
The Witcher 3
83
65
47
26
106
84
60
31
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
68
29
160
114
85
38
Far Cry 6
70
62
46
24
85
75
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
26
13
58
48
32
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
55
44
31
19
71
62
43
27
Ghost of Tsushima
41
34
26
12
55
42
31
18
Cyberpunk 2077
44
40
22
11
56
53
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
95
83
57
30
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 71 88
1080p Ultra 55 69
1440p Ultra 40 49
4K Ultra 20 26
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 1080 +28%
7282
Time Spy 6042 7592
Solar Bay 19265 19994
Port Royal 1547 1676
Fire Strike 16189 22750
Wild Life Extreme 12334 15147
Night Raid 74735 82345
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 +5%
67074
GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur 122.5 img/sec 152.4 img/sec
Face Detection 68.6 img/sec 71.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.56 Gpixels/sec 2.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.33 Gpixels/sec 4.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.21 Gpixels/sec 5.03 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.86 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 273.3 Gpixels/sec 238.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8476.3 FPS 6716.4 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 1080 +19%
3895

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1660 SUPER
12662
GTX 1080 +23%
15609
G2D Mark 807 889
DirectX 11 104 FPS 125 FPS
DirectX 12 50 FPS 55 FPS
GPU Compute 5033 Ops/s 7627 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 22253 & 42364 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER +26%
766.29
GTX 1080
606.47
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 871 & 1005 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 1080
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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 +10%
10238
GTX 1080
9341
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER
8153
GTX 1080 +12%
9110
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1660 SUPER +8%
7392
GTX 1080
6830
Image Classification (SP) 4278 2591
Image Segmentation (HP) 5856 5497
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9561 11914
Face Detection (HP) 9830 9841
Pose Estimation (Q) 36109 53922
Text Classification (SP) 1858 1732
Machine Translation (HP) 3286 2662
Object Detection (SP) 5151 3255
Depth Estimation (Q) 18021 16431
Style Transfer (SP) 73708 112226
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and GTX 1080

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 29, 2019 May 27, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU116 GP104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5080
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9500 or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (74th and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1530 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 1785 MHz 1733 MHz
Shading Units 1408 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 88 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 22 20
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 111 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTexel/s 277 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1660 SUPER
5 TFLOPS
GTX 1080 +78%
8.9 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 GDDR5X
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1251 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1660 SUPER +5%
336 GB/s
GTX 1080
320.3 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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