GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 780
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660
171%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 71% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | vs | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 23 May 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1660
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
142.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
4570.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
117
GeForce GTX 780
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
80
GeForce GTX 780
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
73
GeForce GTX 780
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
55
GeForce GTX 780
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
37
GeForce GTX 780
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
29
GeForce GTX 780
19
FPS (higher is better)