GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 19% 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 6 GB 9Gbps |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | vs | GP106 (GP106-410-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 20 Apr 2017 |
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