NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 959.6x more texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8609 vs 8160
  • Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52263 vs 31098
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 111.55
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1919.95 vs 1371.266
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 8.49
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.964 vs 19.803
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3654
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3654
  • Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4903 vs 3677
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8609 vs 8160
Geekbench - OpenCL 52263 vs 31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 vs 1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 vs 19.803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3654
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4903 vs 3677

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1335 MHz
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 360
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 492.867
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 12301
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 12301
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 444 vs 360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222 vs 492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8609
8160
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
360
444
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52263
31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.93
111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1919.95
1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.6
8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.964
19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.867
509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4903
3677
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 8609 8160
PassMark - G2D Mark 360 444
Geekbench - OpenCL 52263 31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867 509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4903 3677

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU116 GP106B
Launch date 23 April 2019 15 August 2016
Place in performance rating 315 385
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.49

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.101 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1536 1280
Pixel fill rate 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s 133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 4,400 million
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 192 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready