GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Super
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU116
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2019
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
157.1
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
Ansel
+
-
NVENC
+
-