GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has 1536 shaders and 24 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
1152 Shader 1536
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.594 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G is 1.500 GHz.

1.594 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
1.81 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 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 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G supports a maximum of 3 screens.

4 Max. Displays 3
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
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is 278 mm long, 114 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G is 265 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

278 mm Length 265 mm
114 mm Height 121 mm
40 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 GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE 6G was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060G1 GAMING-3GD Part-no GV-N166TWF2-6GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 12 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)

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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