GeForce GTX 1660 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce GTX 1660
12040
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
27475
GeForce GTX 1660
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2019
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
1260 MHz
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
157.1
478.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
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
1.3