GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU116B
GN20-E3 GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2019
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Boost clock speed
1590 MHz
1702 MHz
Core clock speed
1455 MHz
817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
-
115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
127.2
171.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.140
1.2