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

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 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
159
104
97
69
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High15470
1080p Ultra12955
1440p Ultra9839
4K Ultra5720
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy159576047
Solar Bay7441719265
Port Royal101461549
Fire Strike4238516183
Night Raid14118574430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur243.1 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark1200804
DirectX 11217 fps103 fps
DirectX 1286 fps49 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a396.1 fps
Car Chasen/a339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a304.7 fps
T-Rexn/a1502.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a272.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1760.2
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 October, 29, 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 229

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 125 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 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 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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