Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
83
49
39
22
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
125
89
63
27
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
69
60
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
43
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
49
41
30
21
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
38
28
21
12
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
40
38
20
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
73
66
46
21
Avg FPS
1080p High4666
1080p Ultra3552
1440p Ultra2536
4K Ultra1219
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Time Spy38635597
Solar Bay988817950
Port Royal8241507
Fire Strike1226714832
Night Raid5078760559
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Background Blur92.6 frames/s119.1 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s64.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec3.28 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec3.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.88 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec300.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps8599.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
G2D Mark772477
DirectX 1171 fps87 fps
DirectX 1235 fps39 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s3717 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fps310 fps
Car Chase280.4 fps289.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fps257.9 fps
T-Rex1203.9 fps1225.1 fps
ALU 25992 fps1359 fps
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fps199 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1404.61509.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 18, 2016 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP106 TU116 (N18E-G0)
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 1590 MHz
Shader Units 1152 1536
TMUs 72 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 9 24
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 153 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 80 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 6.6 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 23.24 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 3 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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