GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1660

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC, Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Memory, 192-bit, 15 Gbps

ASUS Gaming Graphics Card - GeForce Dual RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6, RGB, LHR, Ray Tracing, DLSS

GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1837MHz Core Clock, RGB, 2X DP 1.4, 2X HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD

Prices and Stock
MSRP $219

All items are out of stock

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 670 days newer than GeForce GTX 1660.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

Performs up to 18% better in Dirt 5 than GeForce GTX 1660 - 140 vs 119 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 - 12 vs 6 GB

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1660

Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 120 vs 170 Watts

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Dirt 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

FPS

140

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.3/FPS

100%

Price, €

€322.64

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC, Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Memory, 192-bit, 15 Gbps

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In Stock

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GeForce GTX 1660

Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019

FPS

119

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

GeForce GTX 1660

Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019

1920 x 1080

Very High

343

FPS

348

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

114

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

174

FPS

195

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

617

FPS

686

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

162

FPS

180

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 1660

Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019

Pixel Fillrate

85.68 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

157.1 GTexel/s

79%

GeForce RTX 3060	vs	GeForce GTX 1660
Jan 12th, 2021	Release Date	Mar 14th, 2019
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 16
$329	MSRP	$219
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
12 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR5
192-bit	Bus	192-bit
360 GB/s	Bandwidth	192.1 GB/s
1320 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1530 MHz
1777 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1785 MHz
1875 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2001 MHz