NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 2060

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060
Overview
Released
Released	October 2019	January 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,408	1,920 or 2,176
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,785 MHz	1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Single Fan partner card. There is no retail Founders Edition.	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 6 GB Blower partner card, whose cooler, dimensions and display connectors differ from the Founders Edition. The later 12 GB card has 2,176 CUDA cores rather than 1,920.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No hardware RT Cores	First-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS support	NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1,530 MHz	1,365 MHz base and 1,680 MHz boost (6 GB); 1,470 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost (12 GB)
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR6	6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s	336 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6; PNY publishes 336 GB/sec bandwidth	14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisions
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	125 W	160 W or 185 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured PNY Single Fan has DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D; partner layouts vary	Original 6 GB NVIDIA page lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b, USB-C/VirtualLink and DVI-DL. The 12 GB regional table lists DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-DL without USB-C; the current combined comparison table also omits USB-C. Up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. Partner connectors vary.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specification	7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 450 W; requirements depend on the system	500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for PNY's pictured Single Fan and NVIDIA's reference specification	2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference is 145 × 111 mm; pictured PNY Single Fan is 1.57 × 6.61 × 4.96 inches	228.60 × 112.6 mm, 2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition). NVIDIA's regional table repeats these dimensions for 12 GB, but no separate 12 GB Founders Edition design was verified.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVIDIA Encoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16	Seventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode