ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
• GPU Chip
  TU116-300-A1 GA104-200-A1
• Execution units
  22 38
• Shader
  1408 4864
• Render Output Units
  48 80
• Texture Units
  88 152

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  336 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.530 GHz 1.410 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.845 GHz+ 3 % 1.665 GHz-15 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.815 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  125 W 200 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 220 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial Push
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 80 mm 2 x 85 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 36 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  3 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  3840x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  206 mm 242 mm
• Height
  124 mm 112 mm
• Width
  46 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1028 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition and ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q4/2020
• Release price
  -- 399 $
• Structure size
  12 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  TUF-GTX1660S-O6G-GAMING --
• Documents
  data sheet --