NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 1660 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	February 2019	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,536	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,770 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference figures; no Founders Edition was sold. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS 6G, whose dimensions and outputs are specified below.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated 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	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1500 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	–	736 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	12 Gbps GDDR6 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	120 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)	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	450 W	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	204 × 128 × 42 mm and 669 g (pictured MSI VENTUS XS 6G). NVIDIA's reference dimensions are 145 × 111 mm, two slots; actual partner boards vary.	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC encoder, also used by the contemporary RTX range	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode