GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile vs GTX 1660

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 with GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1660
2019
6 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
26.08

RTX 2080 Super Mobile outperforms GTX 1660 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking196122
Place by popularity50not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation42.55no data
Power efficiency17.1717.86
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU116TU104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 March 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219 no data

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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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 cores14083072
Core clock speed1530 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate157.1299.5
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs88192
Tensor Coresno data384
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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2001 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.1 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.140
CUDA7.57.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1660 26.08
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 33.91
+30%

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.

GTX 1660 21064
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 34876
+65.6%

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.

GTX 1660 71229
+2%
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 69838

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.

GTX 1660 14164
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 24960
+76.2%

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.

GTX 1660 81755
RTX 2080 Super Mobile 141486
+73.1%

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 HD83
−65.1%
137
+65.1%
1440p50
−90%
95
+90%
4K27
−141%
65
+141%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.64no data
1440p4.38no data
4K8.11no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 111
+1.8%
100−110
−1.8%
Counter-Strike 2 271
+30.3%
200−210
−30.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
−18.3%
80−85
+18.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 83
−31.3%
100−110
+31.3%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−57.9%
169
+57.9%
Counter-Strike 2 223
+7.2%
200−210
−7.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 58
−44.8%
80−85
+44.8%
Far Cry 5 100
−15%
110−120
+15%
Fortnite 130−140
−33.8%
178
+33.8%
Forza Horizon 4 132
−6.8%
140−150
+6.8%
Forza Horizon 5 100
−14%
110−120
+14%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−29.5%
140−150
+29.5%
Valorant 306
+41%
210−220
−41%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 49
−122%
100−110
+122%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−50.5%
161
+50.5%
Counter-Strike 2 107
−94.4%
200−210
+94.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
−2.6%
270−280
+2.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
−78.7%
80−85
+78.7%
Dota 2 219
+43.1%
153
−43.1%
Far Cry 5 92
−25%
110−120
+25%
Fortnite 130−140
−28.6%
171
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 123
−14.6%
140−150
+14.6%
Forza Horizon 5 88
−29.5%
110−120
+29.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 115
−18.3%
136
+18.3%
Metro Exodus 57
−61.4%
92
+61.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−29.5%
140−150
+29.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 102
−94.1%
198
+94.1%
Valorant 287
+32.3%
210−220
−32.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−37.4%
147
+37.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
−110%
80−85
+110%
Dota 2 197
+39.7%
141
−39.7%
Far Cry 5 86
−33.7%
110−120
+33.7%
Forza Horizon 4 98
−43.9%
140−150
+43.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−29.5%
140−150
+29.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 57
−80.7%
103
+80.7%
Valorant 115
−78.3%
205
+78.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 130−140
−2.3%
136
+2.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 62
−50%
90−95
+50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
−27.4%
250−260
+27.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 52
−73.1%
90
+73.1%
Metro Exodus 33
−66.7%
55
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 129
−35.7%
170−180
+35.7%
Valorant 226
−10.2%
240−250
+10.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−57.1%
121
+57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 24
−75%
40−45
+75%
Far Cry 5 59
−47.5%
85−90
+47.5%
Forza Horizon 4 76
−35.5%
100−110
+35.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−36%
65−70
+36%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 70−75
−48.6%
104
+48.6%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 21−24
−31.8%
27−30
+31.8%
Counter-Strike 2 16
−169%
40−45
+169%
Grand Theft Auto V 49
−98%
97
+98%
Metro Exodus 20
−75%
35
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
−117%
76
+117%
Valorant 125
−77.6%
220−230
+77.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−63.6%
72
+63.6%
Counter-Strike 2 30−33
−43.3%
40−45
+43.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−90%
18−20
+90%
Dota 2 87
−62.1%
141
+62.1%
Far Cry 5 30
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Forza Horizon 4 50
−36%
65−70
+36%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−50%
45−50
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
−57.6%
52
+57.6%

This is how GTX 1660 and RTX 2080 Super Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 65% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 90% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 141% faster in 4K

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

  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 is 43% faster.
  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 169% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 is ahead in 7 tests (11%)
  • RTX 2080 Super Mobile is ahead in 56 tests (89%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.08 33.91
Recency 14 March 2019 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 1660 has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile, on the other hand, has a 30% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1660 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is a notebook one.

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