GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile.

not rated
Place in performance rating
77
Turing
Architecture
Ampere
15 May 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
4 January 2021 (less than a year ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
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$911 (4x MSRP)
Price now
no data
TU116B
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1455 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
127.2
Texture fill rate
171.0
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1590 MHz
Boost clock speed
1283 - 1703 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
13,250 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
125 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
384.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

7.5
CUDA
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2.140
Vulkan
no data
6.5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 336.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

52.97% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

So, GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile .

GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

3.4 Out of 16 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 773 Hitesti Score