NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1660 sales 14 March 2019 at a recommended price of $219 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.1 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 229 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 120 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1660: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	186
Place by popularity	38
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	48.22
Power efficiency	17.29	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	TU116
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$219	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 1660's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1660's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	6,600 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	157.1	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	5.027 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	48	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	88	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1660 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1660: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	2001 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	192.1 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1660. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1660, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1660. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 1660 30.29

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 1660 11671

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1660 21064

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1660 71229

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1660 14164

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 81755

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.

GTX 1660 57931

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 570753

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 1660 56067

GeekBench 5 CUDA

GTX 1660 60172

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 1660 120

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 1660 49

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 1660 9

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 1660 60

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 1660 40

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

GTX 1660 27

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 1660 63

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 1660 6

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

GTX 1660 134

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1660 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	83
1440p	49
4K	26

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.64
1440p	4.47
4K	8.42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59
Battlefield 5	95−100
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	73
Cyberpunk 2077	58
Far Cry 5	65−70
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	69
Horizon Zero Dawn	306
Metro Exodus	144
Red Dead Redemption 2	112
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110
Watch Dogs: Legion	227

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	123
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42
Battlefield 5	95−100
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	67
Cyberpunk 2077	47
Far Cry 5	65−70
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	67
Horizon Zero Dawn	287
Metro Exodus	113
Red Dead Redemption 2	79
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion	214

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	49
Cyberpunk 2077	40
Far Cry 5	65−70
Forza Horizon 4	98
Hitman 3	59
Horizon Zero Dawn	93
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	57
Watch Dogs: Legion	29

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34
Cyberpunk 2077	24
Far Cry 5	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	170−180
Hitman 3	39
Horizon Zero Dawn	67
Metro Exodus	59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	187

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27
Hitman 3	21
Horizon Zero Dawn	63
Metro Exodus	44
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	15
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	17
Cyberpunk 2077	10
Far Cry 5	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36
Watch Dogs: Legion	12

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 1660's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

Arc A750 103.66

GeForce RTX 3050 OEM 102.24

Arc A580 100.4

GeForce GTX 1660 100

GeForce GTX 980 95.15

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB 91.61

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 87.85

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1660 is Radeon RX 5600 OEM, which is faster by 4% and higher by 10 positions in our ranking.