Quadro FX 1600M vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	147	not rated
Place by popularity	35	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.84	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	NB8P-GLM
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 February 2019 (5 years ago)	1 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$149.90
Current price	$284 (1x MSRP)	$212 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1536	32
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	169.9	10.00
Floating-point performance	no data	80 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Quadro FX 1600M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.5	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 February 2019	1 June 2007
Cost	$279	$149.9
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt

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