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.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
12.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.165 GHz
Boost Clock
1.770 GHz
1.228 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
TDP
120 W
120 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC 4GB
Length
145 mm
247 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti +183.1 %
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.
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.
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