GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU116
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1335 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1140 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
199.0
Memory type
-
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
-
8 GB
Memory bus width
-
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
304.1 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
-
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3