2080 super vs 1660 super: Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) vs RTX 2080S

The high performance ray-tracing RTX 2080 Super follows the recent release of the 2060 Super and 2070 Super, from NVIDIA’s latest range of refreshed Turing RTX GPUs. The 2080 Super is a higher binned version of the original RTX 2080 which it replaces at the same price of $700 USD. In terms of specification changes between the two, the 2080 has 2944 CUDA cores, compared to 3072 in the 2080 Super, core and boost clocks have increased from 1515 MHz and 1710 MHz to 1650 MHz and 1815 MHz, respectively, memory bandwidth has increased from 14 Gbps to 15. 5 Gbps and the TDP has increased from 215 W to 250 W. This translates to a roughly 10% effective speed advantage over the original 2080. The RTX 2080S also features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. Competition in this price bracket is in the form of the AMD’s Radeon VII, over which, early benchmarks suggest, the 2080 Super commands a 15% effective speed advantage. The RTX 2080 Super however, is not a value champion and those seeking more bang for their buck may do well to consider Nvidia’s own $500 USD RTX 2070 Super (which has 17% lower effective speed). ^{[Jul ’19 GPUPro]}

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The GTX 1660 Super has a launch price of just $230 USD with comparable performance to the $280 USD 1660 Ti. The 1660 Super has 14 Gbps GDDR6 (versus 12Gbps GDDR6 for the 1660 Ti and 8Gbps GDDR5 for the 1660). The 1660 range of cards sit in the sweet spot for many gamers because they offer superb 1080p EFps in popular titles and they are relatively hassle free in terms of noise, compatibility and stability. The 1660S also features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. Shop prices will determine which 1660 series card represents the best value over time but at today’s prices the 1660 Super effectively undercuts the 1660 Ti by $50 USD thus challenging the RX 590 in terms of overall value at 1080p. The next step up from the 1660S would be to the $325 RTX 2060. ^{[Oct ’19 GPUPro]}

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• Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4S-IB (2,538)
• Asus PRIME Z390-A (2,499)
• MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37) (2,467)
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• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (7,141)
• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (5,668)
• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (4,854)
• Asus PRIME B450M-A (3,761)
• Asrock B450M Pro4 (3,378)
• MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (3,303)
• Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (3,162)

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max		282 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +22%		232 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max		128 EFps	Much Better GTAV EFps. +49%		86 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max		170 EFps	Much Better Overwatch EFps. +75%		97 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max		151 EFps	Much Better PUBG EFps. +62%		93 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max		169 EFps	Much Better Fortnite EFps. +46%		116 EFps

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Best Bench: 141% EVGA(3842 2183)
Worst Bench: 111% EVGA(3842 2287) ≥ 4GB

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Great: 141%

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Best Bench: 74% MSI(1462 C75A)
Worst Bench: 65% EVGA(3842 1068)

Poor: 65%

Great: 74%

SPEED RANK: 80^th / 688

Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		129 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +83%		70.5 %

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		166 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +84%		90.1 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		171 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +84%		93.1 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)		181 fps	Much faster multi rendering. +62%		112 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)		147 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +86%		79.1 fps

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		186 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +94%		96 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		224 fps	Much better peak reflection handling. +79%		125 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)		194 fps	Much faster peak multi rendering. +66%		117 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)		158 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +91%		82.8 fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.53 %			2.18 %	Hugely higher market share. +311%
Value Value For Money		53 %			72.7 %	Much better value. +37%
User Rating UBM User Rating		62 %			94 %	Much more popular. +52%
Price Price (score)		$576			$230	Much cheaper. +60%

Age Newest		49 Months			35 Months	More recent. +29%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		191 fps	Hugely better peak texture detail. +107%		92.3 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		133 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting. +78%		74.9 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		169 fps	Hugely better texture detail. +103%		83.2 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		123 fps	Much faster complex splatting. +74%		70.6 fps

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NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 is based on its new Turing architecture which boasts new AI and ray tracing technology that could eventually result in better GPU performance. Unfortunately there are currently no games which can take advantage of these new capabilities. The early 2080 benchmarks only exhibit a modest (20%) performance improvement over the 1080 which considering the new price tag of $800 for the Founders Edition is hard to stomach. The 2080 features 2944 CUDA cores, a base/boost speed of 1515/1710 MHz, 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s. NVIDIA have also released the 2080 Ti which has marginally higher specs together with a jaw dropping price tag of $1200 for the Founders Edition. The RTX 2080 features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. Unfortunately for gamers and other consumers, AMD’s top end GPUs such as the Vega 64 still lag NVIDIA’s previous flagship 1080 Ti by 30% so there is very little pressure on NVIDIA to offer better value for money. The 2080 only has 8GB of RAM which is fine today but will likely haunt any early adopters that plan to keep the card for more than two years. ^{[Sep ’18 GPUPro]}

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The GTX 1660 Super has a launch price of just $230 USD with comparable performance to the $280 USD 1660 Ti. The 1660 Super has 14 Gbps GDDR6 (versus 12Gbps GDDR6 for the 1660 Ti and 8Gbps GDDR5 for the 1660). The 1660 range of cards sit in the sweet spot for many gamers because they offer superb 1080p EFps in popular titles and they are relatively hassle free in terms of noise, compatibility and stability. The 1660S also features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. Shop prices will determine which 1660 series card represents the best value over time but at today’s prices the 1660 Super effectively undercuts the 1660 Ti by $50 USD thus challenging the RX 590 in terms of overall value at 1080p. The next step up from the 1660S would be to the $325 RTX 2060. ^{[Oct ’19 GPUPro]}

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• Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (574)
• Asus PRIME Z390-A (506)
• MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (476)
• Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING (401)
• Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI (348)
• Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (346)
• MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (340)

• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (7,141)
• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (5,668)
• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (4,854)
• Asus PRIME B450M-A (3,761)
• Asrock B450M Pro4 (3,378)
• MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (3,303)
• Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (3,162)

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