Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4090
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+10 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+750 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+746 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+69,700M)
- + CUDA cores (+14848)
- + TMUs (+416)
- + ROPs (+128)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+78.48 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+358.54 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1120.10 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+17.0)
- + PassMark (overall) (+14429)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+15592)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+31373)
- + Normalized score (+11.3)
B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + Die size (mm²) (+325 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4090
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+4) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 16 GB (+10 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz (+750 MHz) | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 1034 GB/s (+746 GB/s) | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 384 bit (+192 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 120 W (+40 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-8 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 76,300M (+69,700M) | 6,600M |
| Die size (mm²) | 609 mm² | 284 mm² (+325 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 16,384 (+14848) | 1,536 |
| TMUs | 512 (+416) | 96 |
| ROPs | 176 (+128) | 48 |
| RT cores | 128 | — |
| Tensor cores | 512 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 82.58 TFLOPS (+78.48 TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 443.50 GPixel/s (+358.54 GPixel/s) | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1120.10 GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.9 (+17.0) | 24.9 |
| PassMark (overall) | 27,047 (+14429) | 12,618 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 21,251 (+15592) | 5,659 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 46,191 (+31373) | 14,818 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 60,911 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 58,130 |
| Normalized score | 75.0 (+11.3) | 63.7 |
Only in component A
DLSS
ReBAR
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In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 87 FPS | 45 FPS | +93.3% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 109 FPS | 30 FPS | +263.3% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 109 FPS | 64 FPS | +70.3% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 195 FPS | 66 FPS | +195.5% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 144 FPS | 49 FPS | +193.9% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 182 FPS | 74 FPS | +145.9% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 144 FPS | 50 FPS | +188% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 114 FPS | 28 FPS | +307.1% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 309 FPS | 126 FPS | +145.2% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 123 FPS | 54 FPS | +127.8% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 170 FPS | 111 FPS | +53.2% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 162 FPS | 62 FPS | +161.3% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 155 FPS | 57 FPS | +171.9% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 235 FPS | 52 FPS | +351.9% (A) |
| Control | 184 FPS | 51 FPS | +260.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300 FPS | 147 FPS | +104.1% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 219 FPS | 104 FPS | +110.6% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 147 FPS | 86 FPS | +70.9% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 98 FPS | 54 FPS | +81.5% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 190 FPS | 86 FPS | +120.9% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 130 FPS | 40 FPS | +225% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 167 FPS | 88 FPS | +89.8% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 361 FPS | 113 FPS | +219.5% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 199 FPS | 121 FPS | +64.5% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 145 FPS | 40 FPS | +262.5% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 117 FPS | 52 FPS | +125% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 57 FPS | +5.3% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 116 FPS | 53 FPS | +118.9% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 94 FPS | 34 FPS | +176.5% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 117 FPS | +2.6% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 344 FPS | 122 FPS | +182% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 276 FPS | 120 FPS | +130% (A) |
| F1 22 | 199 FPS | 117 FPS | +70.1% (A) |
| F1 23 | 152 FPS | 109 FPS | +39.4% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 173 FPS | 93 FPS | +86% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 103 FPS | 78 FPS | +32.1% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 145 FPS | 79 FPS | +83.5% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 122 FPS | 55 FPS | +121.8% (A) |
| Fortnite | 300 FPS | 120 FPS | +150% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 250 FPS | 134 FPS | +86.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 281 FPS | 107 FPS | +162.6% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 190 FPS | 118 FPS | +61% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 154 FPS | 124 FPS | +24.2% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 234 FPS | 89 FPS | +162.9% (A) |
| God of War | 167 FPS | 52 FPS | +221.2% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 158 FPS | 72 FPS | +119.4% (A) |
| High On Life | 211 FPS | 78 FPS | +170.5% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 45 FPS | 48 FPS | 6.7% (B) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 174 FPS | 70 FPS | +148.6% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 262 FPS | 69 FPS | +279.7% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 108 FPS | 44 FPS | +145.5% (A) |
| Lies of P | 208 FPS | 77 FPS | +170.1% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 87 FPS | 30 FPS | +190% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 179 FPS | 67 FPS | +167.2% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 156 FPS | 54 FPS | +188.9% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 139 FPS | 55 FPS | +152.7% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 FPS | 291 FPS | +22.3% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 346 FPS | 105 FPS | +229.5% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 135 FPS | 40 FPS | +237.5% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 158 FPS | 101 FPS | +56.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 218 FPS | 75 FPS | +190.7% (A) |
| Returnal | 159 FPS | 52 FPS | +205.8% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 185 FPS | 55 FPS | +236.4% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 243 FPS | 114 FPS | +113.2% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 122 FPS | 55 FPS | +121.8% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 88 FPS | 55 FPS | +60% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 118 FPS | 76 FPS | +55.3% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 106 FPS | 39 FPS | +171.8% (A) |
| Starfield | 84 FPS | 30 FPS | +180% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 116 FPS | 81 FPS | +43.2% (A) |
| The Crew Motorfest | 60 FPS | 52 FPS | +15.4% (A) |
| The Finals | 175 FPS | 99 FPS | +76.8% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 103 FPS | 42 FPS | +145.2% (A) |
| The Quarry | 177 FPS | 56 FPS | +216.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 394 FPS | 103 FPS | +282.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 290 FPS | 93 FPS | +211.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 138 FPS | 43 FPS | +220.9% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 168 FPS | 67 FPS | +150.7% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 220 FPS | 82 FPS | +168.3% (A) |
| Valorant | 350 FPS | 209 FPS | +67.5% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 131 FPS | 71 FPS | +84.5% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 78 FPS | 64 FPS | +21.9% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 167 FPS | 74 FPS | +125.7% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4090 wins 19 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).