GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile vs RTX 2060 Max-Q

General info

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

Place in performance ranking195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.49no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameN18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106TU116B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years old)15 May 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229
Current price$1680 $911 (4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19201280
Core clock speed975 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1185 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate142.2127.2

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed11000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth264.0 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API support

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

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 6 January 2019 15 May 2019

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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