GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
244%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
| 144% 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 960 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 (TU116-400-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Feb 2019 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
84.96 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
169.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5437.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
124
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
91
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
94
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
64
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
34
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)