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    GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    GeForce GTX 1660
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2019
    GeForce GTX 1660
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      132%
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660

    32% higher gaming performance.
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
    Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660

    The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    GPU NameTU116 ()vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
    Fab Process12 nmvs16 nm
    Die Size284 mm²vs200 mm²
    Transistors6,600 millionvs4,400 million
    Shaders1280vs1152
    Compute Units20vs9
    Core clock1530 MHzvs1506 MHz
    ROPs48vs48
    TMUs80vs72

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective    		vs2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    TDP0 wattsvs120 watts
    Release Date15 Mar 2019vs18 Aug 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

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

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      142.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      192.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      4570.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      69
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

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