Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost has 1536 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.44 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 24 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1536 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
96 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.708 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

235 mm Length 252 mm
115 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost was released in Q1/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

NE6166T018J9-1160X Part-no 426018336-3798
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 TI Ghost
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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