GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs GTX 1660 Super

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking162not rated
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.52no data
Power efficiency18.14no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14086144
Core clock speed1530 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1245 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate157.1239.0
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS15.3 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs88192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2019 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 56.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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