NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1408 Shader 2816
48 Render Output Units 96
88 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is 1.025 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.025 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.114 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is 281 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

145 mm Length 281 mm
111 mm Height 124 mm
-- Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

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Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2015
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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