which graphics should you pick in your next laptop the nvidia gtx 1660 TI or is
it worth paying more for the r TX 2060 in this comparison we'll take a look at
the differences in gaming performance thermals battery life and more to help
you decide which is worth it let's take a look at how the laptop gtx 1660 TI + r
TX 2060 different terms of specs the r TX 2060 has 25% more CUDA cores in the
1660 Ti however the 1660 Ti is capable of higher bass and boost clock speeds
both graphics options have 6 gig of GDD are 6 memory however the 2060 s is a bit
faster the power limits of both graphics also differ a bit the 1660 Ti is
available with options from 60 Watts up to 80 watts
while the 2060 can be found in 80 and 90 watt configurations in my case both
graphics are running at the top end of the specified GPU power limit so my 16
60 TI runs at 80 watts while the 2060 runs at 90 watts expect
different results with different power limits this will vary between laptops so
unfortunately these results aren't globally applicable but should show us
the difference between the best possible 16 60 TI and 2060 laptops the reason I'm
comparing these two is because the r-tx 2060 is the next step up from the GTX
1660 T I at the moment to compare fairly I've basically got two of the same
laptop so I can do the most possible apples-to-apples comparison massive
thanks to meta box here in Australia for lending me these two units to do this
comparison you can find prices and links in the description these are the same
clever chassis the only difference is that one has the gtx 1660 TI o while the
other one has the r TX 2060 both laptops otherwise have the same I 790 750 H CPU
same 16gb of memory and dual channel same battery and cooling solution making
this ideal for a best case GPU comparison as we want to minimize as
many other component differences as possible both laptops were tested on the
same day under the same conditions with the same Windows Update
it's an nvidia drivers installed so let's get into the results control was
tested walking through the start of the game with the high setting preset which
is the highest option available in this game the RT x 2060 was scoring almost
22% higher average FPS while the 1% lower result from the 2060 wasn't far
behind the average FPS from the 16 60 TI Ghost Recon breakpoint was tested using
the built in benchmark at Ultra settings and this game saw one of the smallest
differences between the two graphics out of old games tested with just a 7%
higher average frame rate with the 2060 however there was a larger 27 percent
improvement saying to the 1% low performance bottle and three was also
tested with ultra settings using the game's built-in benchmark tool this time
the 2060 was 13.5 percent ahead of the 16 60 TI in terms of average frame rate
with a slightly higher 15 percent increase to the 1% low performance
battlefield 5 was tested with ultra settings in campaign mode i've also
tested it with RT x on shown by the green bars an RT x off in purple with RT
x off the 26 t was 14.5 percent ahead of the 16 60 TI in terms of average FPS but
with RT x on the 20 60 was almost 50% faster this larger difference is due to
the RT x hardware the 20 60 offers though at Ultra settings the frame rates
still weren't great for a first-person shooter
apex legends was tested with max settings in the new season 3 map the
2060 was reaching average frame rates 14.5 percent higher than the 16 60 TI
with a smaller 10% increase to 1% low performance realistically the game was
still very playable even maxed out on either the shadow of the Tomb Raider was
tested with the built-in benchmark and with the highest setting preset it tends
to be fairly GPU bound which probably explains why the 2060 was a higher 17.6%
ahead of the 16 60 TI in average FPS the division 2 was also tested with the
built-in benchmark with ultra settings there was no real difference in terms of
1% low in this game while the 2060 was able to achieve an 11% higher average
frame rate over the 16 60 TI fortnight was tested using the replay feature with
the exact same replay on hmm Shayne using epic settings in this test
the 2060 was 16% ahead of the 1660 TI in average FPS with a small and nine
percent improvement to the 1% lower pub G was also tested with the same replay
on each machine at max settings this game saw a much larger 26% higher
average frame rate with the 2060 with an even bigger 31 percent higher one
percent lower so it seems that this game really benefits from the 20 60 F 1 20 19
was tested with the built-in benchmark with the highest setting preset and was
on the lowest side out of the games tested with just an 8 percent
improvement to average FPS with the 20 60
however the improvement of 1 percent lower was about double this with the 20
60 scoring a 16 percent lead in that regard metro exodus was also tested with
the built-in benchmark at Ultra settings and at highest setting levels it gets
quite GPU bound resulting in the 20 60 performing 20% better in terms of
average framerate with almost a similar boost to the 1% lower which was nineteen
point four percent higher than the 16 60 TI csgo was tested with you let achill
FPS benchmark at max settings this game tends to be fairly cpu-bound so a change
in graphics only usually makes little difference which was the case here the
2060 was only 2.6 percent faster in terms of average FPS putting this game
in a last place out of all titles tested in terms of differences Assassin's Creed
Odyssey was tested with the built-in benchmark at maximum settings like csgo
just before it I found this test to be quite CPU heavy so the change in the
graphics doesn't really matter as much compared to most other games tested
there was just a 5% increased average frame rate with the 2060 here Rainbow
six siege was also tested with the built-in benchmark at Ultra settings
this game was about on average with the other games scoring 14% higher average
FPS with the 2060 with a slightly higher 16 percent boost to 1% low performance
when compared with the 1660 ti overwatch was tested in the practice range as it
allows me to perform the exact same test run perfect for a comparison like this
at epic settings the 2060 was 15% ahead of the 1660 Ti in average fps
and almost 10% ahead in 1% low-performance The Witcher 3 tends to
be more GPU bound in my experience and was another game that scored above
average out of the titles tested with the 2060 getting a 17% higher average
framerate and a slightly lower 15% increase to the 1% LARP strange Brigade
was tested with the built-in benchmark and is our only Vulcan title at Ultra
settings that was an above average 19% higher average frame rate with the RT X
2060 and the 1% low rose by the same amount - in terms of overall improvement
over these 17 games the 2060 graphics is performing just 14% better in terms of
average FPS as you can see the performance difference varies between
games tests that are more CPU bound like csgo and Assassin's Creed Odyssey saw
much lower differences while others like control saw more than a 20% improvement
with the 2060 I've also tested some synthetic
benchmarks including 3d marks time spy via strike and portrayal as these are
synthetic graphical tasks the differences are larger than most of the
games just tested with the 2060 coming out 20% higher than the 1660 Ti in fire
strike and time spire portroyal uses ray tracing and as this is expected to
perform much better on the 2060 due to its RT X Hardware its score was over 150
percent higher as both machines have the same cooling solution in thermal paste
we can accurately compare temperature differences I left both laptops running
the heaven benchmark at max settings for an hour in a room with an ambient
temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and the 2060 was clearly warmer so in games
the additional performance will come at the cost of additional heat this makes
sense when we consider that the 2060 is going to draw more power in order to hit
higher levels of performance my 2060 has a 90 watt TDP while my 1660 Ti has an 80
watt TDP while playing The Witcher 3 at Ultra settings we can see the 2060
laptop who is using 20% more power which resulted in 17% higher average fps in
this title the lower power draw of the 1660 Ti seems to translate into
increased battery life - as both laptops have removed
batteries I actually took out the battery from one of the laptops to test
with both machines so they were both tested with the exact same battery the
1660 ti laptop lasted around 26% longer while playing The Witcher 3 and this was
with Nvidia battery boost capping the frame rate to 30 fps
however with this particular battery both laptops want passing 26 FPS anyway
now for the final difference the price you can check the links in the
description for up-to-date laptop prices with either graphics card as prices will
change over time this will depend on where you live but in general expect the
r-tx 2060 to cost more money as it's a higher tier graphics option let's start
with us pricing in this example this same clever chassis with 16 60 Ti is 11
hundred and eighty-nine US dollars while the 2060 model with same specs is $100
more at twelve hundred and eighty-nine US dollars so eight point four percent
more money for an on average 14% higher average frame rate sounds ok to me I'll
use the lenovo y40 as another example the 16 60 TI model starts at nine
hundred US dollars at the moment while the 2060 model is only an extra $100 or
$90 with the current sale so 10 percent more money again sounds pretty fair
relative to the performance increase if you spec both up higher the difference
between the two as a percentage should lower too for example with the more
expensive i7 CPU 144 hertz screen and dual channel memory the total cost is
higher but the difference between the 1660 TI and 2060 is still 90 US dollars
meaning the 2060 is just 7.7 percent more money now here in Australia if we
compare these two machines from meta box the 1660 ti model is seventeen hundred
and eighty-three Australian dollars while the 2060 model is 1973 Australian
dollars so again around 10 percent more money for the 2060 the improvement
definitely isn't that large between the two granted it does depend on the game
but based on these prices I think it does represent a fair improvement you're
kind of getting to increase your paying for this is of course with the highest
1660 Ti and 2060 though if get a laptop with a lower powered 80
watt 2060 then the differences will be less unfortunately it's difficult to
know the power limit in most cases as it's not advertised they're all just
being advertised as 2060 so you'll have to check reviews like mine to see what
configuration a specific model is sold with there's also the argument of ray
tracing although gtx graphics can now run RTX
games the performance is generally nowhere near as good compared to the
r-tx graphics that speed up these tasks at the hardware level with that said
though personally I don't think the r-tx 2060 is that impressive in regards to
ray tracing in many of the games I test turning it on drops the framerate quite
a bit I prefer to just run RTX off with higher settings and get higher FPS but
that's me this may change in the future as more games start to implement ray
tracing and it becomes better optimized but at the moment the selection of games
is quite small and the performance on the 2060 isn't that impressive so I
wouldn't be buying the 2060 purely for ray tracing in mind if you are
interested in using r-tx at a base level though then the 2060 will give you much
better results in the 1660 TI as we've seen in general the price increase for
the 2060 seems fair over the 1660 TI so personally if I was buying today I just
pay the extra for a similar boost to overall performance ray tracing aside
with that said though I think the 1660 Ti is a great sweet spot for laptop
gaming today so you can't really go wrong with that either let me know which
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