PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 and the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1024 Shader 1408
32 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 clocks in the base with up to 1.304 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is 1.530 GHz.

1.304 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 241 mm long, 109 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING is 268 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

241 mm Length 268 mm
109 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 249 $.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC ULTRA GAMING was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

K2960GTX2GEPB Part-no 06G-P4-1167-KR
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2019
249 $ Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 nm
-- 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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