NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti has the TU116-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
TU116-400-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
24 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
1536 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 32
96 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.165 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.228 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB 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 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB 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 v2.0
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB 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 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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

145 mm Length 247 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width --
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 Ti has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no NE5X960010G1F
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2015
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
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)

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 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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