NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GP106-400-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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

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

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.785 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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
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 6GB GDDR5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

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

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 was released in Q3/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
40 fps (avg)

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 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
77 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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