ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 has the GM206-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC)
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 graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

1.177 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.240 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) has 1 x 8-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) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) has 2 Axial main fans that 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

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

206 mm Length 228 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 (1-Click OC) came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

ZT-90301-10M Part-no 60SRH7DSY91C
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2019
229 $ 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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