Quadro NVS 280 SD vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	202	1599
Place by popularity	45	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	33.17	no data
Power efficiency	19.54	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	TU116	NV18 C1
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	22 February 2019 (6 years ago)	31 May 2005 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	169.9	1.000
Floating-point processing power	5.437 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	2
TMUs	96	4
L1 Cache	1.5 MB	no data
L2 Cache	1536 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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 type	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	3.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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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 HD	104	no data
1440p	59	no data
4K	39	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.68	no data
1440p	4.73	no data
4K	7.15	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 February 2019	31 May 2005
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	10 Watt

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