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    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
    Release date: 29 Oct 2019
    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    Summary

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 1060 3 GB

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

    Based on theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    GPU NameTU116 (TU116-300-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
    Fab Process12 nmvs16 nm
    Die Size284 mm²vs200 mm²
    Transistors6,600 millionvs4,400 million
    Shaders1408vs1152
    Compute Units22vs9
    Core clock1530 MHzvs1506 MHz
    ROPs48vs48
    TMUs88vs72

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    14000 MHz effective    		vs2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    TDP125 wattsvs120 watts
    Release Date29 Oct 2019vs18 Aug 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      85.68 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      157.10 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      336.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
      5020.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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