GeForce RTX 5070 vs GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile with GeForce RTX 5070, including specs and performance data.
RTX 5070 outperforms GTX 1660 Ti Mobile by a whopping 173% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 205 | 11 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 100.00 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 24.76 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | TU116 | GB205 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 April 2019 (5 years ago) | February 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $549 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 1536 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 2165 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1590 MHz | 2510 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 31,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 152.6 | 481.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.884 TFLOPS | 30.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 96 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 672.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 10.1 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 90
−167%
| 240−250
+167%
|
| 1440p | 60
−167%
| 160−170
+167%
|
| 4K | 38
−163%
| 100−110
+163%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 2.54
−11.2%
| 2.29
+11.2%
|
| 1440p | 3.82
−11.2%
| 3.43
+11.2%
|
| 4K | 6.03
−9.8%
| 5.49
+9.8%
|
- RTX 5070 has 11% lower cost per frame in 1080p
- RTX 5070 has 11% lower cost per frame in 1440p
- RTX 5070 has 10% lower cost per frame in 4K
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 109
+10800%
|
1−2
−10800%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 63
+800%
|
7−8
−800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 86
+8500%
|
1−2
−8500%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 81
+8000%
|
1−2
−8000%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 111
−170%
|
300−310
+170%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 54
+671%
|
7−8
−671%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 68
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 93
−169%
|
250−260
+169%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
−171%
|
350−400
+171%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 134
+13300%
|
1−2
−13300%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 69
−161%
|
180−190
+161%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−110
+1683%
|
6−7
−1683%
|
| Valorant | 209
+771%
|
24−27
−771%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 50
+4900%
|
1−2
−4900%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 103
−172%
|
280−290
+172%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 49
+600%
|
7−8
−600%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 260−270
+3238%
|
8−9
−3238%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 54
+5300%
|
1−2
−5300%
|
| Dota 2 | 121
−148%
|
300−310
+148%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 89
−170%
|
240−250
+170%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
−171%
|
350−400
+171%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 125
+12400%
|
1−2
−12400%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60
−167%
|
160−170
+167%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 105
−167%
|
280−290
+167%
|
| Metro Exodus | 54
−159%
|
140−150
+159%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 100−110
+1683%
|
6−7
−1683%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 103
+3333%
|
3−4
−3333%
|
| Valorant | 207
+763%
|
24−27
−763%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 94
−166%
|
250−260
+166%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 55−60
+686%
|
7−8
−686%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 52
+5100%
|
1−2
−5100%
|
| Dota 2 | 116
−159%
|
300−310
+159%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 83
−165%
|
220−230
+165%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 99
+9800%
|
1−2
−9800%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50
−160%
|
130−140
+160%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 109
+1717%
|
6−7
−1717%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55
+1733%
|
3−4
−1733%
|
| Valorant | 125
+421%
|
24−27
−421%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 107
−171%
|
290−300
+171%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 180−190
−166%
|
500−550
+166%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
−160%
|
130−140
+160%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30
−167%
|
80−85
+167%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
−157%
|
450−500
+157%
|
| Valorant | 197
−154%
|
500−550
+154%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 69
−161%
|
180−190
+161%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
−171%
|
65−70
+171%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 25
−160%
|
65−70
+160%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 60
−167%
|
160−170
+167%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 42
−162%
|
110−120
+162%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+4500%
|
1−2
−4500%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 69
−161%
|
180−190
+161%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 21−24
−162%
|
55−60
+162%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
−169%
|
35−40
+169%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
+247%
|
14−16
−247%
|
| Metro Exodus | 19
−163%
|
50−55
+163%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 35
−171%
|
95−100
+171%
|
| Valorant | 152
+15100%
|
1−2
−15100%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 38
−163%
|
100−105
+163%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
−169%
|
35−40
+169%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10
−170%
|
27−30
+170%
|
| Dota 2 | 85
−171%
|
230−240
+171%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 31
+3000%
|
1−2
−3000%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
−171%
|
130−140
+171%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 22
−173%
|
60−65
+173%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
+2900%
|
1−2
−2900%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 30−35
+1450%
|
2−3
−1450%
|
This is how GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and RTX 5070 compete in popular games:
- RTX 5070 is 167% faster in 1080p
- RTX 5070 is 167% faster in 1440p
- RTX 5070 is 163% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 15100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 1660 Ti Mobile surpassed RTX 5070 in all 29 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.56 | 78.07 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 250 Watt |
GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has 212.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 5070, on the other hand, has a 173.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 5070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5070 is a desktop one.
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