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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GTX 1660

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
VS
GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
TU116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
TU116

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER with 22 pipelines and 1408 shaders against the 8 months older GTX 1660 that utilizes 22 pipelines and 1408 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
6 GB GDDR5
35.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
15.4
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1660 over GTX 1660 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
  • Shows 14% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 40 vs 35 FPS
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 192.1 GB/s

Gaming Performance

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

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
86
51
43
25
81
45
36
24
The Witcher 3
83
65
47
26
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
68
29
119
83
60
25
Far Cry 6
70
62
46
24
66
56
44
21
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
26
13
42
32
23
12
CoD: Modern Warfare III
55
44
31
19
51
42
26
17
Ghost of Tsushima
41
34
26
12
37
30
20
11
Cyberpunk 2077
44
40
22
11
40
36
22
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
68
62
43
20
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 71 64
1080p Ultra 55 49
1440p Ultra 40 35
4K Ultra 20 18
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 +11%
5672
GTX 1660
5100
Time Spy 6042 5443
Solar Bay 19265 18104
Port Royal 1547 1455
Fire Strike 16189 14207
Wild Life Extreme 12334 10947
Night Raid 74735 66328
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 +12%
67074
GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur 122.5 img/sec 107.7 img/sec
Face Detection 68.6 img/sec 58.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.56 Gpixels/sec 2.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.33 Gpixels/sec 2.61 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.21 Gpixels/sec 3 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.86 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 273.3 Gpixels/sec 301.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8476.3 FPS 8078.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1660 SUPER +9%
12662
GTX 1660
11610
G2D Mark 807 777
DirectX 11 104 FPS 79 FPS
DirectX 12 50 FPS 49 FPS
GPU Compute 5033 Ops/s 4928 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 22253 & 9475 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER +6%
764.56
GTX 1660
719.36
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 886 & 332 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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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 +19%
10238
GTX 1660
8617
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER +11%
8153
GTX 1660
7365
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1660 SUPER +18%
7392
GTX 1660
6243
Image Classification (SP) 4278 3814
Image Segmentation (HP) 5856 4931
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9561 8081
Face Detection (HP) 9830 8691
Pose Estimation (Q) 36109 33497
Text Classification (SP) 1858 1586
Machine Translation (HP) 3286 2227
Object Detection (SP) 5151 4384
Depth Estimation (Q) 18021 16173
Style Transfer (SP) 73708 72011
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and GTX 1660

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 29, 2019 March 14, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $219
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Turing
GPU Codename TU116 TU116
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9500 or above - Intel Core i5 9500 or above
Desktop GPU rating (75th and 78th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

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

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 GPixel/s 86 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTexel/s 157 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1660 SUPER
5 TFLOPS
GTX 1660
5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 125 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 12 nm
Die Size 284 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor Count 6 billion 6 billion
Transistor Density 21.13 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1660 SUPER +75%
336 GB/s
GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s

API

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

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Total votes: 46

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