NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB $299
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 $219
2176 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1650MHz
1408 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
229.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
185W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 55,530
18%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 59,915
17%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 50,450
25%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 115
15%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 20
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
NV166
TU106
Variant
TU106-300-KA-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/7/2021
Release Date
3/14/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
445 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
10.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
24.27M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2176 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
136 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
272 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
34 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
34 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1470MHz Base
1650MHz
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1530MHz Base
1785MHz
Peak AI Performance
229.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
57.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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28.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
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FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
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FP64
220 GFLOPS
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FP64
160 GFLOPS
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BF16
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28.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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TF32
28.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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INT4
229.79 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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114.89 TOPS Tensor
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INT32
7.18 TOPS
INT32
5.03 TOPS
Ray Tracing
21.7 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
105.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
224.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
157.08 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
120W
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Temp
95°C Max
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 4
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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2x Fans
Not a Card
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112.6 mm (4.43 in)
Width
228.6 mm (9 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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