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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

22 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
Processors:
GeForce GTX 1660
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
81
46
37
22
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
72
59
42
21
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
122
86
59
24
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
65
57
42
21
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
41
34
24
12
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
30
19
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
36
29
22
10
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
41
36
22
n/a
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
21
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High64116
1080p Ultra5095
1440p Ultra3670
4K Ultra1839
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy544310620
Solar Bay1809049040
Port Royal14576050
Fire Strike1419428559
Night Raid66156121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur107.7 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection58.6 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.07 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.77 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching301.7 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8078.5 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark7761080
DirectX 1179 fps174 fps
DirectX 1248 fps77 fps
GPU Compute5157 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)355.8 fps709 fps
Car Chase317.5 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)282.1 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex1281.3 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 21549.9 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2258.3 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1714.83372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 14, 2019 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU116 AD107
Price 219 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 1408 3072
TMUs 88 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 22 24
Ray Tracing Cores No 24
Tensor Cores No 96
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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