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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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, 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1404 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1670 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 12021
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 12021
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 12021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3717
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3359
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3717
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 8004 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5569 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5034 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5569 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5034 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
5034
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 11690
PassMark - G2D Mark 782
Geekbench - OpenCL 57152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5413

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU116 GP106
Launch date 14 March 2019 15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $219
Place in performance rating 241 276
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1404 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops
Pipelines 1280
Texture fill rate 133.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

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

Technologies

CUDA