GTX 1660 vs RTX 2060 Mobile

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Combined performance score

RTX 2060 Mobile
29.29

GTX 1660 outperforms RTX 2060 Mobile by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking175170
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Value for money18.5125.03
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameN18E-G1 TU106Turing TU116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219
Current price$1250 $252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 35% better value for money than RTX 2060 Mobile.

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 cores19201408
Core clock speed960 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80-90 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate144.0157.1

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1660 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s192.1 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
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.

RTX 2060 Mobile 29.29
GTX 1660 30.16
+3%

GTX 1660 outperforms RTX 2060 Mobile by 3% 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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 11354
GTX 1660 11692
+3%

GTX 1660 outperforms RTX 2060 Mobile by 3% 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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 57644
GTX 1660 71229
+23.6%

GTX 1660 outperforms RTX 2060 Mobile by 24% 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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 21262
+0.6%
GTX 1660 21131

RTX 2060 Mobile outperforms GTX 1660 by 1% 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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 16331
+16.2%
GTX 1660 14055

RTX 2060 Mobile outperforms GTX 1660 by 16% 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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 99179
+22.6%
GTX 1660 80889

RTX 2060 Mobile outperforms GTX 1660 by 23% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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%

RTX 2060 Mobile 411721
GTX 1660 524782
+27.5%

GTX 1660 outperforms RTX 2060 Mobile by 27% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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 HD104
+20.9%
86
−20.9%
1440p66
+37.5%
48
−37.5%
4K41
+46.4%
28
−46.4%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
−44.9%
71
+44.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 91
+59.6%
55−60
−59.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 71
+20.3%
59
−20.3%
Battlefield 5 104
+10.6%
90−95
−10.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 97
−15.5%
112
+15.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
−18.4%
58
+18.4%
Far Cry 5 96
−4.2%
100
+4.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
−15.9%
95
+15.9%
Forza Horizon 4 108
−22.2%
132
+22.2%
Hitman 3 120
+9.1%
110
−9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 87
+6.1%
82
−6.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 82
+12.3%
73
−12.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 93
+0%
93
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 86
+10.3%
78
−10.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 72
+26.3%
55−60
−26.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+33.3%
42
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 104
+10.6%
90−95
−10.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 83
−2.4%
85
+2.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+4.3%
47
−4.3%
Far Cry 5 91
−1.1%
92
+1.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 79
−12.7%
89
+12.7%
Forza Horizon 4 107
−15%
123
+15%
Hitman 3 101
+12.2%
90
−12.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 67
+9.8%
61
−9.8%
Metro Exodus 56
−1.8%
57
+1.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45
+12.5%
40
−12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 81
+3.8%
78
−3.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 111
+8.8%
102
−8.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70
+6.1%
66
−6.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
−14%
55−60
+14%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+29.7%
37
−29.7%
Battlefield 5 98
+4.3%
90−95
−4.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+22.5%
40
−22.5%
Far Cry 5 84
−2.4%
86
+2.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 72
−13.9%
82
+13.9%
Forza Horizon 4 88
−11.4%
98
+11.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60
+5.3%
57
−5.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 38
+31%
29
−31%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 63
+10.5%
57
−10.5%
Hitman 3 62
+8.8%
57
−8.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45
+12.5%
40
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 35
+6.1%
33
−6.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 29
+16%
25
−16%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 49
+2.1%
48
−2.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+21.2%
30−35
−21.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+40.7%
27
−40.7%
Battlefield 5 75
+13.6%
65−70
−13.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
−20%
24
+20%
Far Cry 5 63
+6.8%
59
−6.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−3.5%
59
+3.5%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−24.6%
76
+24.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−5.4%
35−40
+5.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 28
+47.4%
19
−47.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35
+9.4%
32
−9.4%
Hitman 3 34
+9.7%
31
−9.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 13
+18.2%
11
−18.2%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−5.3%
20
+5.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20
+25%
16−18
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 25
+4.2%
24
−4.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+11.4%
35
−11.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25
+25%
20−22
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 22
+46.7%
15
−46.7%
Battlefield 5 42
+16.7%
35−40
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−25%
10
+25%
Far Cry 5 33
+10%
30
−10%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−6.9%
31
+6.9%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−22%
50
+22%
Watch Dogs: Legion 15
+25%
12
−25%

This is how RTX 2060 Mobile and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 20.9% faster than GTX 1660

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 37.5% faster than GTX 1660

4K resolution:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 46.4% faster than GTX 1660

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 59.6% faster than the GTX 1660.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the GTX 1660 is 44.9% faster than the RTX 2060 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 44 tests (65%)
  • GTX 1660 is ahead in 23 tests (34%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 29.29 30.16
Recency 6 January 2019 14 March 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1660. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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