NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q: specs and benchmarks

Price now 1037$

Games supported 87%

Year of release 2019

Performance 22.41

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Summary

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 12 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s.

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

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

22.41%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking	190
Value for money	16.58
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N18E-G0
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	23 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Current price	$1037 (4.5x MSRP)	of 158889 (A100 PCIe)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	6,600 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	128.2	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

Memory

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 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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 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.

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 22.41

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 8814

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 31845

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 17439

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 11615

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 63086

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 13355

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 306910

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	82
4K	33

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	75−80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	81
Forza Horizon 4	75−80
Hitman 3	70−75
Horizon Zero Dawn	78
Red Dead Redemption 2	72
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	75−80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	68
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	78
Forza Horizon 4	75−80
Hitman 3	70−75
Horizon Zero Dawn	58
Metro Exodus	35−40
Red Dead Redemption 2	38
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	75−80
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	71
Forza Horizon 4	75−80
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Metro Exodus	21−24
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20
Hitman 3	21−24
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	12−14
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	38
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	30
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	30−33
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI 105.93

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 103.53

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 102.32

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile 98.13

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI 94.91

NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 94.87

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is Radeon RX 6500M, which is slower by 9% and lower by 18 positions in our ranking.