Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
24 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
91
52
43
25
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
87
70
47
26
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
138
98
71
31
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
75
66
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
49
37
27
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
56
49
33
23
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
45
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
47
45
25
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
80
74
49
27
Avg FPS
1080p High13674
1080p Ultra11458
1440p Ultra8541
4K Ultra4822
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Time Spy137016344
Solar Bay6321420462
Port Royal85951652
Fire Strike3761216643
Night Raid11162676116
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Background Blur209.1 frames/s124.8 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s69.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec355.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps9094.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
G2D Mark1152807
DirectX 11199 fps103 fps
DirectX 1277 fps51 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s5253 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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 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 GB206-250 TU116
Price n/a 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1536
TMUs 120 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 24
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 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 170 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 5.4 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 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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4 (80%)
1 (20%)
Total Votes: 5

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