GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G and the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

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

Memory

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.531 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC is 1.530 GHz.

1.531 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.75 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC has a TDP of 125 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 125 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 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 Mini ITX OC 3G.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC 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
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC 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 Mini ITX OC 3G is 169 mm long, 131 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC is 168 mm long, 122 mm high and 40 mm wide.

169 mm Length 168 mm
131 mm Height 122 mm
37 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 Mini ITX OC 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX OC was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060IXOC-3GD Part-no NE6166SS18J9-161F
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $ (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)

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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