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£200
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP $219
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MSRP $219
AvailabilityMSRP $329
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MSRP $329
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£254.99
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Boost Clock
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£257.97
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Same as Founder's Edition
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£328.72
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Boost Clock
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Same as Founder's Edition
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Boost Clock
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 1660 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 670 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 1660.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1660
- Up to 22% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 - £200.00 vs £254.99
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 120 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 29% better in Assassin's Creed Valhalla than GeForce GTX 1660 - 81 vs 63 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla than GeForce GTX 1660 - £3.15 vs £3.17 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 - 12 vs 6 GB
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Graphics Card
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GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
81
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.15/FPS
100%
Price, £
£254.99
78%
FPS and Value Winner
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
79%
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 1660 | vs | GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| GeForce 16 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$219 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 GB | Memory | 12 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
| 192.1 GB/s | Bandwidth | 360 GB/s |
1530 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1320 MHz |
1785 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
2001 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1875 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce GTX 1660 or GeForce RTX 3060
With selected game settings
67 FPS
£15.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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67 FPS
£13.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£929.95
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66 FPS
£14.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£969.95
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68 FPS
£13.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£888.71
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61 FPS
£19.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-10900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,199.95
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58 FPS
£15.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-9700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£874.95
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59 FPS
£14.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£849.95
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65 FPS
£20.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,344.95
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68 FPS
£11.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
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59 FPS
£16.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£984.95
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66 FPS
£12.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
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57 FPS
£11.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£664.95
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57 FPS
£13.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£749.95
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62 FPS
£17.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£1,099.95
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40 FPS
£44.64/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-10400F
6 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,785.46
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79 FPS
£17.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,374.95
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80 FPS
£24.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,986.91
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62 FPS
£11.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£729.99
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73 FPS
£17.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-12900KF
64 GB, 2 TB HDD
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£1,313.06
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45 FPS
£20/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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£899.99
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