NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	October 2019	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,408	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,785 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Single Fan partner card. There is no retail Founders Edition.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No hardware RT Cores	Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS support	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1,530 MHz	2.29 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	256-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s	736 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6; PNY publishes 336 GB/sec bandwidth	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	125 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured PNY Single Fan has DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D; partner layouts vary	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specification	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 450 W; requirements depend on the system	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for PNY's pictured Single Fan and NVIDIA's reference specification	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference is 145 × 111 mm; pictured PNY Single Fan is 1.57 × 6.61 × 4.96 inches	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVIDIA Encoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode