GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
167%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| 67% 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 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 (TU116-300-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 125 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Oct 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
157.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5020.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
102
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
80
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
101
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
51
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
75
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
38
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
25
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
42
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)