GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs GTX 1660 Super

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking159not rated
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation59.46no data
Power efficiency18.88no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU116TU116
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2019 (5 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1408no data
Core clock speed1530 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattno data
Texture fill rate157.1no data
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs88no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
HDCP+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
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