NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q sales 23 April 2019 at a recommended price of $229. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 60 Watt.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	263
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	69.49
Power efficiency	26.03	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	TU116
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000)
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	6,600 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	128.2	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	4.101 TFLOPS	of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs	48	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	96	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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).

Laptop size	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q: 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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	288.0 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 Ti Max-Q. 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

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q, 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 Ti Max-Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 19.73

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 Ti Max-Q 8814

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 Ti Max-Q 17439

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 Ti Max-Q 31845

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 Ti Max-Q 13355

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 Ti Max-Q 63086

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 Ti Max-Q 306910

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 5085

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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	79
4K	33

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.90
4K	6.94

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Hogwarts Legacy	40−45

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	83
Counter-Strike 2	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	69
Fortnite	92
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Forza Horizon 5	65−70
Hogwarts Legacy	40−45
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	80−85
Valorant	150−160

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	78
Counter-Strike 2	120−130
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	240−250
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Dota 2	94
Far Cry 5	66
Fortnite	90
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Forza Horizon 5	65−70
Grand Theft Auto V	87
Hogwarts Legacy	40−45
Metro Exodus	48
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	92
Valorant	150−160

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	73
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Dota 2	86
Far Cry 5	62
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Hogwarts Legacy	40−45
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51
Valorant	93

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	45−50
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	150−160
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40
Metro Exodus	27−30
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	190−200

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24
Far Cry 5	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	55−60
Hogwarts Legacy	24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	20−22
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40
Hogwarts Legacy	14−16
Metro Exodus	18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31
Valorant	120−130

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	38
Counter-Strike 2	20−22
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Dota 2	70−75
Far Cry 5	30
Forza Horizon 4	35−40
Hogwarts Legacy	14−16
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 970M SLI 106.39

GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 103.5

Radeon RX 5600M 100.1

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 100

Radeon 890M 96.05

GeForce GTX 880M SLI 94.07

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile 94.07

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is Radeon RX 5600M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.