GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 vs GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking194not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation100.00no data
Power efficiency24.77no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)21 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

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 cores15366144
Core clock speed1455 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate152.6339.8
Floating-point processing power4.884 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs96192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s608.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2019 21 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 290 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 262.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
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