GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660
139%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 39% 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 970 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (20 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1660
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
142.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
4570.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
92
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
95
GeForce GTX 970
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
117
GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
69
GeForce GTX 970
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
68
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
84
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
80
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
65
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
73
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
47
GeForce GTX 970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
45
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
58
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
55
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
33
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
36
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
37
GeForce GTX 970
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
28
GeForce GTX 970
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
22
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
31
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
29
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)