GeForce RTX 2060 vs GTX 1660 SUPER
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
TU106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 2060 with 30 pipelines and 1920 shaders against the 10 months newer GTX 1660 SUPER that utilizes 22 pipelines and 1408 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 RTX 2060
- Performs better (up to 30%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 25% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 50 vs 40 FPS
- 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (6.5 vs 5 TFLOPS)
- Ray-tracing support with 30 dedicated RT cores
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 36% more shading units (1920 vs 1408)
- Features 240 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 99 62 49 35 |
86 51 43 25 |
| The Witcher 3 | 107 86 62 34 |
83 65 47 26 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 157 117 82 41 |
133 93 68 29 |
| Far Cry 6 | 84 74 57 29 |
70 62 46 24 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 59 47 33 15 |
46 36 26 13 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 69 59 44 30 |
55 44 31 19 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 53 42 30 18 |
41 34 26 12 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 58 52 32 13 |
44 40 22 11 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 92 85 58 33 |
77 71 47 23 |
| 1080p High | 86 | 71 |
| 1080p Ultra | 69 | 55 |
| 1440p Ultra | 50 | 40 |
| 4K Ultra | 28 | 20 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 7564 | 6042 |
| Solar Bay | 34157 | 19265 |
| Port Royal | 4133 | 1547 |
| Fire Strike | 19777 | 16189 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 15551 | 12334 |
| Night Raid | 85132 | 74735 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 144.4 img/sec | 122.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 75.2 img/sec | 68.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.08 Gpixels/sec | 2.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.25 Gpixels/sec | 3.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.21 Gpixels/sec | 3.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.93 Gpixels/sec | 0.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 354.4 Gpixels/sec | 273.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 8559.4 FPS | 8476.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 743 | 807 |
| DirectX 11 | 112 FPS | 104 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 53 FPS | 50 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5427 Ops/s | 5033 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 2060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-15 (MrRayeen) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 82889 |
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-02 (TEST) | Cinebench 2024 | 3271 |
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) | 5453 | 4278 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 12449 | 5856 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 11020 | 9561 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 24511 | 9830 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 47746 | 36109 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2000 | 1858 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3360 | 3286 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 6343 | 5151 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 20909 | 18021 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 101870 | 73708 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1660 SUPERGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 15, 2019 | October 29, 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $229 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Turing | Turing |
| GPU Codename | TU106 | TU116 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 5600 XT | - Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 9600K or above | - Intel Core i5 9500 or above |
Desktop GPU rating (69th and 75th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1365 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1920 | 1408 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 88 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 22 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 1536KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 81 GPixel/s | 86 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 202 GTexel/s | 157 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 160 W | 125 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 10 billion | 6 billion |
| Transistor Density | 22.47 MTr/mm² | 21.13 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 192-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 | 7.5 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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