GeForce GTX 1660: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce GTX 1660 provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 26.33% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

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 ranking228
Place by popularity50
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.57
Power efficiency17.67of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU116
Market segmentDesktop
Release date14 March 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores1408of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed1530 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed1785 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Number of transistors6,600 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology12 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate157.1of 1,968.0 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
ROPs48of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs88of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L1 Cache1.4 MBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache1536 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width192 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed2001 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth192.1 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.2.131
CUDA7.5

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.

GTX 1660
26.33

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 11642
Samples: 7790

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 58009

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

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 56161

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

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 HD83
1440p50
4K27

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.64
1440p4.38
4K8.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 271
Cyberpunk 2077 71
Hogwarts Legacy 79

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 100−110
Counter-Strike 2 223
Cyberpunk 2077 58
Far Cry 5 100
Fortnite 130−140
Forza Horizon 4 132
Forza Horizon 5 100
Hogwarts Legacy 59
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
Valorant 306

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 100−110
Counter-Strike 2 107
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
Cyberpunk 2077 47
Dota 2 219
Far Cry 5 92
Fortnite 130−140
Forza Horizon 4 123
Forza Horizon 5 88
Grand Theft Auto V 115
Hogwarts Legacy 46
Metro Exodus 57
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 102
Valorant 287

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 40
Dota 2 197
Far Cry 5 86
Forza Horizon 4 98
Hogwarts Legacy 36
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 57
Valorant 115

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 130−140

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 62
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
Grand Theft Auto V 52
Metro Exodus 33
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 129
Valorant 226

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
Cyberpunk 2077 24
Far Cry 5 59
Forza Horizon 4 76
Hogwarts Legacy 24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 70−75

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 16
Grand Theft Auto V 49
Hogwarts Legacy 18−20
Metro Exodus 20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
Valorant 125

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
Counter-Strike 2 30−33
Cyberpunk 2077 10
Dota 2 87
Far Cry 5 30
Forza Horizon 4 50
Hogwarts Legacy 13
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35

4K
Epic

Fortnite 30−35

Closest competitors

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


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1660 is Radeon RX 5600 OEM, which is faster by 5% and higher by 11 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1660:

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 1660 according to our statistics.

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