NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1506 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1709 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11659 vs 10079
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 747
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 58014 vs 35369
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 189.842 vs 119.148
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1902.867 vs 1373.562
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.408 vs 8.694
  • 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.183 vs 21.766
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 875.838 vs 454.799
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3340
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3340
  • Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1065 vs 907
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 19 July 2016
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11659 vs 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 vs 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 58014 vs 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 189.842 vs 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1902.867 vs 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.408 vs 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.183 vs 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 875.838 vs 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1065 vs 907

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 8004 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11659
10079
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
776
747
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
58014
35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.842
119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1902.867
1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.408
8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.183
21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
875.838
454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1065
907
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 11659 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 776 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 58014 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 189.842 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1902.867 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.408 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.183 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 875.838 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1065 907

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU116 GP106
Launch date 14 March 2019 19 July 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $219 $299
Place in performance rating 258 356
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 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 8004 MHz 8008 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory type GDDR5