GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs RTX 2070 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking147not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.79no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU106BTU116
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores2304no data
Core clock speed1305 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1485 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattno data
Texture fill rate213.8no data
Floating-point processing power6.843 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
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