Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+72 GB/s)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+5,400M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+8 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+2304)
- + TMUs (+24)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+6.84 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+0.34 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+29.10 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+4326)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+2563)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+6871)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+27340)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+31788)
- + Normalized score (+8.9)
B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + Energy efficiency (+6.4)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+6 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s (+72 GB/s) | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M (+5,400M) | 6,600M |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² (+8 mm²) | 284 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+2304) | 1,536 |
| TMUs | 120 (+24) | 96 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| RT cores | 30 | — |
| Tensor cores | 120 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS (+6.84 TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s (+0.34 GPixel/s) | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s (+29.10 GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 24.9 (+6.4) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 (+4326) | 12,618 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 (+2563) | 5,659 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 (+6871) | 14,818 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 (+27340) | 60,911 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 (+31788) | 58,130 |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+8.9) | 63.7 |
Only in component A
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 44 FPS | 45 FPS | 2.3% (B) |
| Alan Wake Remastered | 82 FPS | 83 FPS | 1.2% (B) |
| Anno 1800 | 80 FPS | 69 FPS | +15.9% (A) |
| Apex Legends | 135 FPS | 102 FPS | +32.4% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 57 FPS | 49 FPS | +16.3% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 75 FPS | 50 FPS | +50% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 157 FPS | 126 FPS | +24.6% (A) |
| Battlefield 2042 | 74 FPS | 71 FPS | +4.2% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 111 FPS | 0.9% (B) |
| Borderlands 3 | 84 FPS | 62 FPS | +35.5% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 60 FPS | 68 FPS | 13.3% (B) |
| Call of Duty Vanguard | 99 FPS | 60 FPS | +65% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 123 FPS | 52 FPS | +136.5% (A) |
| Control | 78 FPS | 51 FPS | +52.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 147 FPS | +15.6% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 61 FPS | 55 FPS | +10.9% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 86 FPS | +19.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 58 FPS | 47 FPS | +23.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 42 FPS | 54 FPS | 28.6% (B) |
| Days Gone | 95 FPS | 83 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 59 FPS | 40 FPS | +47.5% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 99 FPS | 88 FPS | +12.5% (A) |
| Deathloop | 72 FPS | 66 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| Dirt 5 | 77 FPS | 56 FPS | +37.5% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 149 FPS | 133 FPS | +12% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 131 FPS | 121 FPS | +8.3% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 64 FPS | 40 FPS | +60% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 59 FPS | 57 FPS | +3.5% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 73 FPS | 53 FPS | +37.7% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 138 FPS | 122 FPS | +13.1% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 119 FPS | 120 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| F1 22 | 113 FPS | 117 FPS | 3.5% (B) |
| FIFA 21 | 121 FPS | 214 FPS | 76.9% (B) |
| FIFA 22 | 161 FPS | 215 FPS | 33.5% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 93 FPS | +20.4% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 75 FPS | 78 FPS | 4% (B) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 89 FPS | 79 FPS | +12.7% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 120 FPS | 121 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 55 FPS | 55 FPS | ≈ |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 63 FPS | 39 FPS | +61.5% (A) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 120 FPS | +16.7% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 134 FPS | 21.8% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 107 FPS | +12.1% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 95 FPS | 91 FPS | +4.4% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 131 FPS | 118 FPS | +11% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 120 FPS | 124 FPS | 3.3% (B) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 122 FPS | 89 FPS | +37.1% (A) |
| God of War | 73 FPS | 52 FPS | +40.4% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 89 FPS | 72 FPS | +23.6% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 92 FPS | 70 FPS | +31.4% (A) |
| High On Life | 99 FPS | 78 FPS | +26.9% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 111 FPS | 99 FPS | +12.1% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 70 FPS | 48 FPS | +45.8% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 76 FPS | 70 FPS | +8.6% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 93 FPS | 69 FPS | +34.8% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 81 FPS | 59 FPS | +37.3% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 86 FPS | 67 FPS | +28.4% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 54 FPS | +50% (A) |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 143 FPS | 134 FPS | +6.7% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 102 FPS | 80 FPS | +27.5% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 73 FPS | 67 FPS | +9% (A) |
| New World | 66 FPS | 56 FPS | +17.9% (A) |
| Outriders | 86 FPS | 84 FPS | +2.4% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rage 2 | 116 FPS | 70 FPS | +65.7% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 155 FPS | 105 FPS | +47.6% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 63 FPS | 51 FPS | +23.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 75 FPS | +65.3% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 129 FPS | 99 FPS | +30.3% (A) |
| Returnal | 85 FPS | 52 FPS | +63.5% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 86 FPS | 55 FPS | +56.4% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 133 FPS | 86 FPS | +54.7% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 67 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 116 FPS | 114 FPS | +1.8% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 66 FPS | 55 FPS | +20% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 80 FPS | 76 FPS | +5.3% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 99 FPS | 85 FPS | +16.5% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 178 FPS | 159 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Starfield | 40 FPS | 30 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 56 FPS | 81 FPS | 44.6% (B) |
| The Division 2 | 115 FPS | 78 FPS | +47.4% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 55 FPS | 42 FPS | +31% (A) |
| The Quarry | 76 FPS | 56 FPS | +35.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 103 FPS | +37.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 81 FPS | 93 FPS | 14.8% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 108 FPS | 43 FPS | +151.2% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 95 FPS | 67 FPS | +41.8% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 65 FPS | 51 FPS | +27.5% (A) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 209 FPS | 10% (B) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 157 FPS | 124 FPS | +26.6% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 62 FPS | 71 FPS | 14.5% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 62 FPS | 64 FPS | 3.2% (B) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 105 FPS | 74 FPS | +41.9% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3060 wins 17 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).