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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 28% to 157%, including 122% in 3DMark Time Spy (12,253 vs 5,521). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti generates 57.3 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 16.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per DatabaseMart (GPU hosting blog)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Released 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660), 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti). MSRP range: $219 · $399. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
vram gb 68
vram type GDDR5GDDR6
tdp w 120200
cuda cores 14084864

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from KitGuru, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, HotHardware, Legit Reviews, HWBOT, CpuTronic, TopCPU.net, GPU-Monkey, PassMark and AskGeek.io; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 12,365 points29,426 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —13,898 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —7,126 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HotHardware, Legit Reviews, 3DMark		 —7,038 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, 3DMark		 —3,297 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic		 1,047 points2,689 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, 3DMark, CpuTronic		 5,521 points12,253 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —12,330 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 5,395 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 776 pts990 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek.io		 11,618 pts20,264 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 28% to 157%, including 122% in 3DMark Time Spy (12,253 vs 5,521).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti generates 57.3 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 16.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per DatabaseMart (GPU hosting blog)), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 launched at a $219 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at $399. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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