GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1536 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
96 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.620 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.847 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

265 mm Length 248 mm
121 mm Height 123 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 TI WINDFORCE OC 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N166TWF2OC-6GD Part-no 426018336-3736
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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)

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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