NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1480 MHz
1326.9x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Around 10% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	29 Oct 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1480 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	12712
PassMark - G2D Mark	804
Geekbench - OpenCL	62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1278

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Pascal
Code name	TU116	GP106
Launch date	29 Oct 2019	27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	223	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1480 MHz
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	1265 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	1280
Pixel fill rate	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	6600 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8008 MHz
Technologies
CUDA