NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
105
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
51.95
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU116
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
22 February 2019 (2 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$279
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$894 (3.2x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
22.22
GP106
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1536
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1770 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
6,600 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
169.9
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
6,600 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
229 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

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 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
6.1
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
G-SYNC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 309 166 98 66 45 24
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 278 161 142 118 81.7 41.2
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 6 GB

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $894 (3.2x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

11.36% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

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

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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