Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
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
142
94
84
58
83
49
39
22
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
125
89
63
27
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
69
60
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
43
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
49
41
30
21
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
38
28
21
12
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
40
38
20
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
73
66
46
21
Avg FPS
1080p High13666
1080p Ultra11452
1440p Ultra8536
4K Ultra4819
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Time Spy137015597
Solar Bay6321417950
Port Royal85951507
Fire Strike3761214832
Night Raid11162660559
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Background Blur209.1 frames/s119.1 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s64.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.28 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.88 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec300.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps8599.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
G2D Mark1152477
DirectX 11199 fps87 fps
DirectX 1277 fps39 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s3717 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a310 fps
Car Chasen/a289.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a257.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1225.1 fps
ALU 2n/a1359 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a199 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1509.1
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB206-250 TU116 (N18E-G0)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1590 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 76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 153 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 80 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 6.6 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 23.24 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 Mobile
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4
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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