GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Feb 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    296%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

196% 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 950

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 TiGeForce GTX 950
GPU NameTU116 (TU116-400-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders1536vs768
Compute Units24vs6
Core clock1500 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs96vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 TiGeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1660 TiGeForce GTX 950
TDP120 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date22 Feb 2019vs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    84.96 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    169.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    288.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    5437.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    124
  • GeForce GTX 950
    45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    91
  • GeForce GTX 950
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    94
  • GeForce GTX 950
    31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    64
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    47
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    34
  • GeForce GTX 950
    11

FPS (higher is better)