GeForce GTX 1660 vs FirePro W9000

Place in performance ranking	316	170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.38	24.98
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Turing TU116
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	14 June 2012 (12 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,999	$219
Current price	$877 (0.2x MSRP)	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 639% better value for money than FirePro W9000.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	1408
Core clock speed	975 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.8	157.1
Floating-point performance	3,994 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W9000 15.89

GTX 1660 30.27
+90.5%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms FirePro W9000 by 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W9000 6138

GTX 1660 11689
+90.4%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms FirePro W9000 by 90% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro W9000 31775

GTX 1660 57245
+80.2%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms FirePro W9000 by 80% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 −110%	84 +110%
1440p	24−27 −108%	50 +108%
4K	14−16 −92.9%	27 +92.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

−103%

71
+103%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −107%	55−60 +107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 −96.7%	59 +96.7%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −98%	95−100 +98%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −109%	73 +109%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −93.3%	58 +93.3%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −94.3%	65−70 +94.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −92.5%	75−80 +92.5%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −103%	132 +103%
Hitman 3	35−40 −97.1%	69 +97.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −91.1%	172 +91.1%
Metro Exodus	75−80 −92%	144 +92%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −104%	112 +104%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −103%	132 +103%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −95%	78 +95%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −107%	55−60 +107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −100%	42 +100%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −98%	95−100 +98%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −91.4%	67 +91.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −95.8%	47 +95.8%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −94.3%	65−70 +94.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −92.5%	75−80 +92.5%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −92.3%	120−130 +92.3%
Hitman 3	27−30 −107%	56 +107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 −91.3%	287 +91.3%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −100%	100 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −100%	90 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −100%	110 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −104%	102 +104%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 −94.5%	214 +94.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −107%	55−60 +107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −106%	37 +106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −104%	49 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −122%	40 +122%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −94.3%	65−70 +94.3%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −96%	98 +96%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −107%	93 +107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −111%	95 +111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −111%	57 +111%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −107%	29 +107%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−103%

81
+103%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −111%	55−60 +111%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −92.5%	77 +92.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −100%	30−35 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −92.9%	27 +92.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −113%	51 +113%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −100%	24 +100%
Far Cry 5	30−33 −96.7%	59 +96.7%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −117%	76 +117%
Hitman 3	18−20 −117%	39 +117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −91.4%	67 +91.4%
Metro Exodus	30−33 −96.7%	59 +96.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −91.4%	67 +91.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −122%	40−45 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −111%	19 +111%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−96.3%

53
+96.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −114%	30−33 +114%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Hitman 3	10−11 −110%	21 +110%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −100%	35−40 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −100%	24 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −94.4%	35 +94.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −111%	18−20 +111%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −114%	15 +114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −113%	17 +113%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −113%	16−18 +113%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −108%	50 +108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −111%	38 +111%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −93.8%	31 +93.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −100%	12 +100%