GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs GTX 1660 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated37
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data44.47
Power efficiencyno data13.79
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameTU116GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateno data11 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data8960
Core clock speed1140 MHz1260 MHz
Boost clock speed1335 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data478.8
Floating-point processing powerno data30.64 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data280
Tensor Coresno data280
Ray Tracing Coresno data70

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-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 typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data912.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 12 GB has a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a desktop one.

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