ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.93 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1408 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.807 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

242 mm Length 200 mm
130 mm Height 123 mm
53 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO was released in Q1/2019.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

DUAL-GTX1660-6G-EVO Part-no DUAL-RTX3060-12G
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2021
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
6 GB GDDR5
78 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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