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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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
91
52
43
25
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
87
70
47
26
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
138
98
71
31
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
75
66
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
49
37
27
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
56
49
33
23
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
45
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
47
45
25
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
80
74
49
27
Avg FPS
1080p High15574
1080p Ultra13058
1440p Ultra9841
4K Ultra5822
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Time Spy158836344
Solar Bay7567920462
Port Royal101871652
Fire Strike4267016643
Night Raid14778576116
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Background Blurn/a124.8 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a69.4 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.48 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.52 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a355.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a9094.4 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
G2D Mark1200807
DirectX 11217 fps103 fps
DirectX 1286 fps51 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5253 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a404.9 fps
Car Chasen/a369.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a324.3 fps
T-Rexn/a1580.9 fps
ALU 2n/a1754.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.4 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1901.6

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 February, 22, 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 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1536
TMUs 144 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 24
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 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 170 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 5.4 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 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 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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