NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has 1536 shaders and 24 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is 1.500 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2
-- 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is 145 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

250 mm Length 145 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

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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