GeForce GTX 1660 vs 260M

Place in performance ranking	1070	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	43
Value for money	0.07	25.03
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N10E-GT	Turing TU116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years old)	14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219
Current price	$109	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 35657% better value for money than GTX 260M.

Technical specs

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	112	1408
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	31 billion/sec	157.1
Floating-point performance	308 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	462	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce GTX 1660 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	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
SLI options	2-way	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

Memory

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 260M 0.98

GTX 1660 30.18
+2980%

1660 outperforms 260M by 2980% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 260M 379

GTX 1660 11690
+2984%

1660 outperforms 260M by 2984% in Passmark.

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: 17%

GTX 260M 4901

GTX 1660 71229
+1353%

1660 outperforms 260M by 1353% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	29 −197%	86 +197%
1440p	1−2 −4700%	48 +4700%
4K	0−1	28

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−2267%

71
+2267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1144%	112 +1144%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Hitman 3	1−2 −10900%	110 +10900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	82
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2333%	73 +2333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1450%	93 +1450%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −844%	85 +844%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1467%	47 +1467%
Hitman 3	1−2 −8900%	90 +8900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	61
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1200%	78 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −3300%	102 +3300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1800%	57 +1800%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1800%	57 +1800%
Hitman 3	3−4 −1800%	57 +1800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −400%	40 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −860%	48 +860%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2850%	59 +2850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −3800%	35−40 +3800%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%
Hitman 3	1−2 −3000%	31 +3000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	15
Far Cry 5	3−4 −900%	30 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −520%	31 +520%

This is how GTX 260M and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

GTX 1660 is 197% faster than GTX 260M

1440p resolution:

GTX 1660 is 4700% faster than GTX 260M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1660 is 10900% faster than the GTX 260M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1660 surpassed GTX 260M in all 27 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.98	30.18
Recency	2 March 2009	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt