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    GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 660

    GeForce GTX 1660
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2019
    GeForce GTX 1660
    GeForce GTX 660
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 6 Sep 2012
    GeForce GTX 660

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      304%
    • GeForce GTX 660
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660

    204% 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 660

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 1660

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660

    The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 660
    GPU NameTU116 ()vsGK106 (GK106-400-A1)
    Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size284 mm²vs221 mm²
    Transistors6,600 millionvs2,540 million
    Shaders1280vs960
    Compute Units20vs5
    Core clock1530 MHzvs980 MHz
    ROPs48vs24
    TMUs80vs80

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 660
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective    		vs1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1660GeForce GTX 660
    TDP0 wattsvs140 watts
    Release Date15 Mar 2019vs6 Sep 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      85.68 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      19.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      142.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      78.40 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      192.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      144.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      4570.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 660
      1882.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      117
    • GeForce GTX 660
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 1660
      73
    • GeForce GTX 660
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

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