NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1709 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12900 vs 10079
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 747
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61100 vs 35369
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 119.148
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2573.643 vs 1373.562
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.447 vs 8.694
  • 6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 145.886 vs 21.766
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 926.614 vs 454.799
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3691
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3691
  • Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1061 vs 907
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2019 vs 19 July 2016
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12900 vs 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 61100 vs 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 vs 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 vs 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 vs 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 vs 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1061 vs 907

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12900
10079
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
807
747
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61100
35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
208.608
119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2573.643
1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.447
8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.886
21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
926.614
454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1061
907
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 12900 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 61100 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1061 907

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU116 GP106
Launch date 22 February 2019 19 July 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $299
Place in performance rating 221 356
Price now $279.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 8008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR5