GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Aug 2012
GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    197%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    269%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

169% 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
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060

The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-400-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size200 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors4,400 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders1280vs1344
Compute Units10vs7
Core clock1506 MHzvs915 MHz
ROPs48vs24
TMUs80vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 660 Ti
TDP120 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date10 Jul 2016vs16 Aug 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

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

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    102.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    2460.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    17380
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    8790

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    73
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    49
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    19

FPS (higher is better)