GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1408 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is 1.506 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.875 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G is 125 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G is 280 mm long, 120 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is 278 mm long, 114 mm high and 40 mm wide.

280 mm Length 278 mm
120 mm Height 114 mm
41 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6G was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

GV-N166SAORUS-6GD Part-no GV-N1060D5-3GD
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2016
229 $ (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)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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