Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High15564
1080p Ultra13050
1440p Ultra9836
4K Ultra5818
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy158835443
Solar Bay7567918090
Port Royal101871457
Fire Strike4267014194
Night Raid14778566156
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blurn/a107.7 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a8078.5 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark1200776
DirectX 11217 fps79 fps
DirectX 1286 fps48 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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