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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
22 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 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 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
vs
GeForce GTX 1660

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High13664
1080p Ultra11450
1440p Ultra8536
4K Ultra4818
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy137015443
Solar Bay6321418090
Port Royal85951457
Fire Strike3761214194
Night Raid11162666156
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur209.1 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark1152776
DirectX 11199 fps79 fps
DirectX 1277 fps48 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 TU116
Price n/a 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1408
TMUs 120 88
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 22
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 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 120 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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