1650 vs 1660 Super

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Combined performance score

GTX 1660 Super
32.97
+62.3%

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 62% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking152252
Place by popularity32
Value for money28.5319.08
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameTuring TU116TU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2019 (4 years old)23 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $149
Current price$277 (1.2x MSRP)$185 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Super has 50% better value for money than GTX 1650.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1408896
Core clock speed1530 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate157.193.24

Size and 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 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

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 support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.57.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Super 32.97
+62.3%
GTX 1650 20.32

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 62% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Super 12778
+62.3%
GTX 1650 7875

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 62% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Super 76654
+71.5%
GTX 1650 44694

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 72% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Super 21982
+61.1%
GTX 1650 13645

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 61% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Super 15829
+72%
GTX 1650 9203

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 72% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Super 93241
+84.5%
GTX 1650 50549

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 84% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1660 Super 62677
+58.9%
GTX 1650 39435

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 59% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1660 Super 477037
+27.8%
GTX 1650 373333

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 28% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 1660 Super 60733
+67%
GTX 1650 36370

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 67% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1660 Super 65044
+62.9%
GTX 1650 39941

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 63% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 134
+46.6%
GTX 1650 91

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 47% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 57
+24.4%
GTX 1650 45

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 24% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 9
+34.4%
GTX 1650 6

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 34% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 63
+44.5%
GTX 1650 44

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 44% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 41
+16.4%
GTX 1650 35

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 16% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 31
+45.8%
GTX 1650 21

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 46% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 83
+61.7%
GTX 1650 51

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 62% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 1660 Super 8
+74.5%
GTX 1650 5

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 74% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1660 Super 128
+42.6%
GTX 1650 90

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 43% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 1660 Super 154
+44.3%
GTX 1650 106

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 44% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

GTX 1660 Super 154
+41.7%
GTX 1650 108

1660 Super outperforms 1650 by 42% in SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD94
+34.3%
70
−34.3%
1440p54
+42.1%
38
−42.1%
4K31
+34.8%
23
−34.8%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 76
+138%
30−35
−138%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 88
+66%
53
−66%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+40.4%
47
−40.4%
Battlefield 5 97
+59%
61
−59%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 117
+53.9%
76
−53.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+96.9%
30−35
−96.9%
Far Cry 5 112
+64.7%
68
−64.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+63.6%
66
−63.6%
Forza Horizon 4 144
+60%
90
−60%
Hitman 3 117
+53.9%
76
−53.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 88
+60%
55
−60%
Red Dead Redemption 2 77
+48.1%
52
−48.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 102
+75.9%
58
−75.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 83
+48.2%
56
−48.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 73
+55.3%
47
−55.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+37.1%
35
−37.1%
Battlefield 5 83
+56.6%
53
−56.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90
+55.2%
58
−55.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+62.5%
30−35
−62.5%
Far Cry 5 103
+66.1%
62
−66.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 101
+62.9%
62
−62.9%
Forza Horizon 4 135
+62.7%
83
−62.7%
Hitman 3 97
+56.5%
62
−56.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+58.5%
41
−58.5%
Metro Exodus 56
+60%
35
−60%
Red Dead Redemption 2 43
+53.6%
28
−53.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
+83%
47
−83%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 113
+52.7%
74
−52.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 71
+47.9%
48
−47.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+104%
25
−104%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
+238%
13
−238%
Battlefield 5 77
+51%
51
−51%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+53.1%
30−35
−53.1%
Far Cry 5 95
+63.8%
58
−63.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 93
+63.2%
57
−63.2%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+64.6%
65
−64.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 61
+45.2%
42
−45.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 31
+47.6%
21
−47.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 59
+63.9%
36
−63.9%
Hitman 3 61
+64.9%
37
−64.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 44
+69.2%
26
−69.2%
Metro Exodus 36
+80%
20
−80%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+58.8%
17
−58.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53
+82.8%
29
−82.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+122%
18
−122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 34
+162%
13
−162%
Battlefield 5 60
+53.8%
39
−53.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 26
+117%
12−14
−117%
Far Cry 5 65
+66.7%
39
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 67
+63.4%
41
−63.4%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+82.6%
46
−82.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+91.3%
21−24
−91.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24
+71.4%
14
−71.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 32
+60%
20
−60%
Hitman 3 32
+68.4%
19
−68.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12
+50%
8
−50%
Metro Exodus 22
+83.3%
12
−83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+108%
13
−108%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+53.8%
26
−53.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+84.6%
13
−84.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+260%
5
−260%
Battlefield 5 36
+71.4%
21
−71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Far Cry 5 33
+73.7%
19
−73.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 35
+66.7%
21
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 54
+80%
30
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+50%
8
−50%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and GTX 1650 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 34.3% faster than GTX 1650

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 42.1% faster than GTX 1650

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 34.8% faster than GTX 1650

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Super is 260% faster than the GTX 1650.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1660 Super surpassed GTX 1650 in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 32.97 20.32
Recency 29 October 2019 23 April 2019
Cost $229 $149
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 75 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1650 in performance tests.


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