NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 2190 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1770 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 129915 vs 61100
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1088 vs 807
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22739 vs 12900
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2913 vs 1061
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 474.547 vs 208.608
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 40.491 vs 16.447
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.736 vs 145.886
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1830.143 vs 926.614

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 22 February 2019
Core clock speed	2190 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	129915 vs 61100
PassMark - G2D Mark	1088 vs 807
PassMark - G3D Mark	22739 vs 12900
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2913 vs 1061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	474.547 vs 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	40.491 vs 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	190.736 vs 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1830.143 vs 926.614

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 220 Watt
5.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

129915

61100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1088

807

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22739

12900

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2913

1061

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

474.547

208.608

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

40.491

16.447

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

190.736

145.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1830.143

926.614

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	129915	61100
PassMark - G2D Mark	1088	807
PassMark - G3D Mark	22739	12900
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2913	1061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	474.547	208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	40.491	16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	190.736	145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1830.143	926.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0	2573.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD106	TU116
Launch date	2023	22 February 2019
Place in performance rating	72	221
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	2190 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	330.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	21.15 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4352
Pixel fill rate	155.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	311.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count		6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6