GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs 1080 Ti
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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 9 months older 1080 Ti 11 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
- Performs significantly better (up to 70%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (11.3 vs 5 TFLOPS)
- Shows 63% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 65 vs 40 FPS
- Includes 5 GB more video memory
- Has 44% higher memory bandwidth: 484.4 vs 336 GB/s
- Has 2.5x more shading units (3584 vs 1408)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 86 51 43 25 |
119 76 65 42 |
| The Witcher 3 | 83 65 47 26 |
134 110 81 42 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 133 93 68 29 |
199 146 106 51 |
| Far Cry 6 | 70 62 46 24 |
102 90 72 38 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 46 36 26 13 |
75 59 46 23 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 55 44 31 19 |
91 79 56 39 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 41 34 26 12 |
69 54 42 25 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 44 40 22 11 |
77 70 42 18 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 77 71 47 23 |
118 109 78 40 |
| 1080p High | 71 | 109 |
| 1080p Ultra | 55 | 88 |
| 1440p Ultra | 40 | 65 |
| 4K Ultra | 20 | 35 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 6042 | 9981 |
| Solar Bay | 19265 | 26263 |
| Port Royal | 1547 | 2266 |
| Fire Strike | 16189 | 29329 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 12334 | 20170 |
| Night Raid | 74735 | 95847 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 122.5 img/sec | 200.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 68.6 img/sec | 88.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.56 Gpixels/sec | 3.55 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.33 Gpixels/sec | 5.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.21 Gpixels/sec | 5.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.86 Gpixels/sec | 0.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 273.3 Gpixels/sec | 265.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 8476.3 FPS | 6315.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 807 | 941 |
| DirectX 11 | 104 FPS | 151 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 50 FPS | 66 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5033 Ops/s | 9585 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-02 (TEST) | Cinebench 2024 | 3271 |
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 4278 | 3882 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 5856 | 7960 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 9561 | 14401 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 9830 | 13001 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 36109 | 72329 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1858 | 1910 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3286 | 3577 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 5151 | 4757 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 18021 | 20303 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 73708 | 164740 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and 1080 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | October 29, 2019 | March 10, 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $699 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Entry-level | High-end |
| Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
| GPU Codename | TU116 | GP102 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 5600 XT | - Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 9500 or above | - Intel Core i7 7700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (75th and 61st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1530 MHz | 1481 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1785 MHz | 1582 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1408 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 88 | 224 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 88 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 22 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 48KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 1536KB shared | 2816KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 86 GPixel/s | 139 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 157 GTexel/s | 354 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 125 W | 250 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 471 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 6 billion | 11 billion |
| Transistor Density | 21.13 MTr/mm² | 23.35 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1376 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 11000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 352-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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