Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX and the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1408 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB is 1.556 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.556 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- 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 3 screens can be connected to the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB 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
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is 168 mm long, 122 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB is 251 mm long, 139 mm high and 42 mm wide.

168 mm Length 251 mm
122 mm Height 139 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

NE51660018J9-165F Part-no 60NNH7DVM3NW
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC White 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
67 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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