Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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
28
16
14
n/a
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
21
20
13
n/a
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
47
27
18
n/a
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
31
26
19
11
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
16
12
11
n/a
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
24
16
12
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
16
9
n/a
n/a
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
14
11
n/a
n/a
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
25
18
n/a
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High2670
1080p Ultra1955
1440p Ultra1439
4K Ultra-20
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy23036047
Solar Bayn/a19265
Port Royaln/a1549
Fire Strike772016183
Night Raid3109374430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur51.7 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection26.1 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.84 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.26 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.14 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching64.9 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1825 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark674804
DirectX 1142 fps103 fps
DirectX 1228 fps49 fps
GPU Compute2797 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)185.1 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase177 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)151.2 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex677.4 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 2745.3 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2274.9 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation982.41760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 22, 2015 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GM206 TU116
Price 199 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1127 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1408
TMUs 64 88
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 8 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 38 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 75 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 228 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 2 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 8.77 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 7.5
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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

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