NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

136
Place in performance rating
151
58.53
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU116
Desktop
Type
Laptop
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
23 April 2019 (2 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$1037 (4.5x MSRP)
30.53
Value for money
10.96
GP106
GPU code name
N18E-G0
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1152
Pipelines
1536
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1140 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1335 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
6,600 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
123.0
Texture fill rate
128.2
3,935 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1152
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1335 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
6,600 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
medium sized

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

1.83% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($441 (2.2x MSRP) vs $1037 (4.5x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

More pipelines (1536 vs 1152)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

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