GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
• GPU Chip
  TU116-300-A1 GA102-200-K1-A1
• Execution units
  22 68
• Shader
  1408 8704
• Render Output Units
  48 96
• Texture Units
  88 272

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

• Memory Size
  6 GB 10 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 1.188 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  336 GB/s 760 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 320 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.530 GHz 1.440 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.875 GHz+ 5 % 1.710 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.785 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  125 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 370 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 80 mm 2 x 85 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- 42.5 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
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• 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
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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
  280 mm 285 mm
• Height
  120 mm 110 mm
• Width
  41 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1350 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q3/2020
• Release price
  -- 699 $
• Structure size
  12 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  GV-N166SAORUS-6GD --
• Documents
  data sheet --