GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 950
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660
252%
GeForce GTX 950
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 152% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | vs | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1024 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 90 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 20 Aug 2015 |
GeForce GTX 1660
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
142.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
4570.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
117
GeForce GTX 950
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
80
GeForce GTX 950
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
73
GeForce GTX 950
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
55
GeForce GTX 950
20
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
37
GeForce GTX 950
20
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
29
GeForce GTX 950
11
FPS (higher is better)