KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.44 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GP104-150-KA-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Turing
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1280 Shader 1408
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.001 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.001 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is 1.785 GHz.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G 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
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

228 mm Length 280 mm
132 mm Height 116 mm
42 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

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X was released in Q3/2018.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING 6G published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

60NRJ7DSV8OK Part-no GV-N1660GAMING-6GD
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2019
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (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.

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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