Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3080
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+472 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+21,700M)
- + CUDA cores (+7168)
- + TMUs (+176)
- + ROPs (+48)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+25.67 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+79.24 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+295.20 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+3457)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+5093)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+12376)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+106103)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+87046)
- + Normalized score (+19.1)
B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + Die size (mm²) (+344 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3080
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+2 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 760 GB/s (+472 GB/s) | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 320 bit (+128 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+35 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 28,300M (+21,700M) | 6,600M |
| Die size (mm²) | 628 mm² | 284 mm² (+344 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 8,704 (+7168) | 1,536 |
| TMUs | 272 (+176) | 96 |
| ROPs | 96 (+48) | 48 |
| RT cores | 68 | — |
| Tensor cores | 272 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.77 TFLOPS (+25.67 TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 164.20 GPixel/s (+79.24 GPixel/s) | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 465.10 GTexel/s (+295.20 GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 26.0 (+1.1) | 24.9 |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,075 (+3457) | 12,618 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,752 (+5093) | 5,659 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 27,194 (+12376) | 14,818 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 167,014 (+106103) | 60,911 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 145,176 (+87046) | 58,130 |
| Normalized score | 82.8 (+19.1) | 63.7 |
Only in component A
DLSS
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In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 45 FPS | +31.1% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 55 FPS | 30 FPS | +83.3% (A) |
| Alan Wake Remastered | 95 FPS | 83 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| Anno 1800 | 78 FPS | 69 FPS | +13% (A) |
| Apex Legends | 144 FPS | 102 FPS | +41.2% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 89 FPS | 66 FPS | +34.8% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 104 FPS | 69 FPS | +50.7% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 72 FPS | 49 FPS | +46.9% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 117 FPS | 74 FPS | +58.1% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 85 FPS | 50 FPS | +70% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 60 FPS | 28 FPS | +114.3% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 235 FPS | 126 FPS | +86.5% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 90 FPS | 54 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Battlefield 2042 | 100 FPS | 71 FPS | +40.8% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 130 FPS | 111 FPS | +17.1% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 95 FPS | 62 FPS | +53.2% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 89 FPS | 68 FPS | +30.9% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 94 FPS | 57 FPS | +64.9% (A) |
| Call of Duty Vanguard | 125 FPS | 60 FPS | +108.3% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 114 FPS | 52 FPS | +119.2% (A) |
| Control | 82 FPS | 51 FPS | +60.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 212 FPS | 147 FPS | +44.2% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 169 FPS | 104 FPS | +62.5% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 79 FPS | 55 FPS | +43.6% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 121 FPS | 86 FPS | +40.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 68 FPS | 47 FPS | +44.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 83 FPS | 54 FPS | +53.7% (A) |
| Days Gone | 126 FPS | 83 FPS | +51.8% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 158 FPS | 86 FPS | +83.7% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 73 FPS | 40 FPS | +82.5% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 84 FPS | 88 FPS | 4.8% (B) |
| Deathloop | 113 FPS | 66 FPS | +71.2% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 181 FPS | 113 FPS | +60.2% (A) |
| Dirt 5 | 62 FPS | 56 FPS | +10.7% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 165 FPS | 133 FPS | +24.1% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 134 FPS | 121 FPS | +10.7% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 87 FPS | 40 FPS | +117.5% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 88 FPS | 52 FPS | +69.2% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 59 FPS | 57 FPS | +3.5% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 88 FPS | 53 FPS | +66% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 55 FPS | 34 FPS | +61.8% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 117 FPS | +2.6% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 162 FPS | 122 FPS | +32.8% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 156 FPS | 120 FPS | +30% (A) |
| F1 22 | 195 FPS | 117 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| F1 23 | 184 FPS | 109 FPS | +68.8% (A) |
| FIFA 21 | 198 FPS | 214 FPS | 8.1% (B) |
| FIFA 22 | 273 FPS | 215 FPS | +27% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 129 FPS | 93 FPS | +38.7% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 65 FPS | 78 FPS | 20% (B) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 68 FPS | 79 FPS | 16.2% (B) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 165 FPS | 121 FPS | +36.4% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 56 FPS | 55 FPS | +1.8% (A) |
| Fortnite | 160 FPS | 120 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 194 FPS | 134 FPS | +44.8% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 152 FPS | 107 FPS | +42.1% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 113 FPS | 91 FPS | +24.2% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 131 FPS | 118 FPS | +11% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 137 FPS | 124 FPS | +10.5% (A) |
| Gears Tactics | 136 FPS | 90 FPS | +51.1% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 149 FPS | 89 FPS | +67.4% (A) |
| God of War | 91 FPS | 52 FPS | +75% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 124 FPS | 72 FPS | +72.2% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 101 FPS | 70 FPS | +44.3% (A) |
| High On Life | 133 FPS | 78 FPS | +70.5% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 131 FPS | 99 FPS | +32.3% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 77 FPS | 48 FPS | +60.4% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 89 FPS | 70 FPS | +27.1% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 110 FPS | 69 FPS | +59.4% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 88 FPS | 59 FPS | +49.2% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 53 FPS | 44 FPS | +20.5% (A) |
| Lies of P | 131 FPS | 77 FPS | +70.1% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 66 FPS | 30 FPS | +120% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 99 FPS | 67 FPS | +47.8% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 100 FPS | 54 FPS | +85.2% (A) |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 144 FPS | 134 FPS | +7.5% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 94 FPS | 80 FPS | +17.5% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 100 FPS | 67 FPS | +49.3% (A) |
| New World | 75 FPS | 56 FPS | +33.9% (A) |
| Outriders | 109 FPS | 84 FPS | +29.8% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 97 FPS | 55 FPS | +76.4% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 307 FPS | 291 FPS | +5.5% (A) |
| Rage 2 | 116 FPS | 70 FPS | +65.7% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 218 FPS | 105 FPS | +107.6% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 82 FPS | 40 FPS | +105% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 121 FPS | 101 FPS | +19.8% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 85 FPS | 51 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 75 FPS | +86.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 155 FPS | 99 FPS | +56.6% (A) |
| Returnal | 88 FPS | 52 FPS | +69.2% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 113 FPS | 55 FPS | +105.5% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 157 FPS | 86 FPS | +82.6% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 67 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 FPS | 114 FPS | +44.7% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 73 FPS | 55 FPS | +32.7% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 77 FPS | 55 FPS | +40% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 104 FPS | 76 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 98 FPS | 85 FPS | +15.3% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 68 FPS | 39 FPS | +74.4% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 198 FPS | 159 FPS | +24.5% (A) |
| Starfield | 52 FPS | 30 FPS | +73.3% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 87 FPS | 81 FPS | +7.4% (A) |
| The Division 2 | 105 FPS | 78 FPS | +34.6% (A) |
| The Finals | 152 FPS | 99 FPS | +53.5% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 76 FPS | 42 FPS | +81% (A) |
| The Quarry | 97 FPS | 56 FPS | +73.2% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 191 FPS | 103 FPS | +85.4% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 149 FPS | 93 FPS | +60.2% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 132 FPS | 43 FPS | +207% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 113 FPS | 67 FPS | +68.7% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 134 FPS | 82 FPS | +63.4% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 108 FPS | 64 FPS | +68.8% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 76 FPS | 51 FPS | +49% (A) |
| Valorant | 220 FPS | 209 FPS | +5.3% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 238 FPS | 124 FPS | +91.9% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 80 FPS | 71 FPS | +12.7% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 66 FPS | 64 FPS | +3.1% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 112 FPS | 74 FPS | +51.4% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3080 wins 21 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).