GeForce GTX 1660 vs Quadro P3000 Mobile

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Combined performance score

P3000 Mobile
19.20

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 57% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking269170
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Value for money9.9625.03
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameN17E-Q1Turing TU116
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219
Current price$537 $252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 151% better value for money than P3000 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 cores12801408
Core clock speed1088 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1215 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate97.20157.1
Floating-point performance3,110 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro P3000 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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth168 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+
Display Port1.4no data

Technologies

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

Optimus+no data
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

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.

P3000 Mobile 19.20
GTX 1660 30.16
+57.1%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 57% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

P3000 Mobile 33390
GTX 1660 71229
+113%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 113% 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%

P3000 Mobile 12105
GTX 1660 21131
+74.6%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 75% 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%

P3000 Mobile 9256
GTX 1660 14055
+51.9%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 52% 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%

P3000 Mobile 63332
GTX 1660 80889
+27.7%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 28% 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%

P3000 Mobile 331998
GTX 1660 524782
+58.1%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 58% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 68
GTX 1660 120
+77.3%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 77% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 107
+118%
GTX 1660 49

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 118% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 73
+752%
GTX 1660 9

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 752% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 97
+62.2%
GTX 1660 60

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 62% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 87
+115%
GTX 1660 40

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 115% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 30
+10%
GTX 1660 27

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 10% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 55
GTX 1660 63
+15.3%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Quadro P3000 Mobile by 15% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

P3000 Mobile 8
+32.8%
GTX 1660 6

Quadro P3000 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 33% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

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 HD64
−34.4%
86
+34.4%
1440p30−35
−60%
48
+60%
4K28
+0%
28
+0%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−137%
71
+137%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−46.2%
55−60
+46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−78.8%
59
+78.8%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−44.6%
90−95
+44.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−124%
112
+124%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−93.3%
58
+93.3%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−96.1%
100
+96.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−82.7%
95
+82.7%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−100%
132
+100%
Hitman 3 55−60
−100%
110
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−100%
82
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−128%
73
+128%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−127%
93
+127%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−111%
78
+111%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−46.2%
55−60
+46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−27.3%
42
+27.3%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−44.6%
90−95
+44.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−70%
85
+70%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−56.7%
47
+56.7%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−80.4%
92
+80.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−71.2%
89
+71.2%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−86.4%
123
+86.4%
Hitman 3 55−60
−63.6%
90
+63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−48.8%
61
+48.8%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−83.9%
57
+83.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−25%
40
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−90.2%
78
+90.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
−61.9%
102
+61.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−78.4%
66
+78.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−46.2%
55−60
+46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−12.1%
37
+12.1%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−44.6%
90−95
+44.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−33.3%
40
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−68.6%
86
+68.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−57.7%
82
+57.7%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−48.5%
98
+48.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 33
−72.7%
57
+72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+27.6%
29
−27.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−96.6%
57
+96.6%
Hitman 3 30−35
−83.9%
57
+83.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−53.8%
40
+53.8%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−83.3%
33
+83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−78.6%
25
+78.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−92%
48
+92%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−65%
30−35
+65%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−58.8%
27
+58.8%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−57.1%
65−70
+57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−118%
24
+118%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−84.4%
59
+84.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−59.5%
59
+59.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−94.9%
76
+94.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−85.7%
35−40
+85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−46.2%
19
+46.2%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−129%
32
+129%
Hitman 3 18−20
−72.2%
31
+72.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+9.1%
11
−9.1%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−81.8%
20
+81.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−84.6%
24
+84.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
−59.1%
35
+59.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−66.7%
20−22
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−50%
15
+50%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−63.6%
35−40
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−150%
10
+150%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−100%
30
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−63.2%
31
+63.2%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−85.2%
50
+85.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−50%
12
+50%

This is how P3000 Mobile and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 is 34.4% faster than P3000 Mobile

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 is 60% faster than P3000 Mobile

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1660 is 0% faster than P3000 Mobile

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the P3000 Mobile is 27.6% faster than the GTX 1660.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 is 150% faster than the P3000 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • P3000 Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • GTX 1660 is ahead in 66 tests (97%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 19.20 30.16
Recency 11 January 2017 14 March 2019
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P3000 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation 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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