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    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 16 Aug 2012
    GeForce GTX 660 Ti

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      186%
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 86% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti

    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 660 Ti
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2)
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs294 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs3,540 million
    Shaders1152vs1344
    Compute Units9vs7
    Core clock1506 MHzvs915 MHz
    ROPs48vs24
    TMUs72vs112

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 660 Ti
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective
    Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 660 Ti
    TDP120 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date18 Aug 2016vs16 Aug 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      25.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      102.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      144.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      2460.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      16380
    • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      8790

    Points (higher is better)

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