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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
22 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. 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 RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce GTX 1660

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High15464
1080p Ultra12950
1440p Ultra9836
4K Ultra5718
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy159575443
Solar Bay7441718090
Port Royal101461457
Fire Strike4238514194
Night Raid14118566156
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur243.1 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark1200776
DirectX 11217 fps79 fps
DirectX 1286 fps48 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a355.8 fps
Car Chasen/a317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a282.1 fps
T-Rexn/a1281.3 fps
ALU 2n/a1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1714.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 14, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB206-300 TU116
Price n/a 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1408
TMUs 144 88
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 22
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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