GeForce GTX 1660 vs GTX 570

Place in the ranking	444	183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	52
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.07	48.64
Power efficiency	3.24	17.58
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF110	TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 2250% better value for money than GTX 570.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	1408
Core clock speed	732 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	43.92	157.1
Floating-point processing power	1.405 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs	40	48
TMUs	60	88

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)	2001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	192.1 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	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 570 10.18

GTX 1660 30.27
+197%

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 570 3928

GTX 1660 11675
+197%

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 570 5033

GTX 1660 21064
+319%

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 570 17632

GTX 1660 71229
+304%

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 570 4390

GTX 1660 14164
+223%

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 570 13266

GTX 1660 57905
+336%

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	80 −2.5%	82 +2.5%
1440p	16−18 −206%	49 +206%
4K	9−10 −200%	27 +200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.36	2.67
1440p	21.81	4.47
4K	38.78	8.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−344%

71
+344%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −171%	65−70 +171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −293%	59 +293%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −209%	95−100 +209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −248%	73 +248%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −263%	58 +263%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −175%	75−80 +175%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −143%	160−170 +143%
Hitman 3	18−20 −263%	69 +263%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −446%	306 +446%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −350%	144 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −300%	112 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −218%	100−110 +218%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −255%	227 +255%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −413%	123 +413%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −180%	42 +180%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −209%	95−100 +209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −219%	67 +219%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −194%	47 +194%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −175%	75−80 +175%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −143%	160−170 +143%
Hitman 3	18−20 −253%	67 +253%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −413%	287 +413%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −253%	113 +253%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 −182%	79 +182%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −233%	110 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −137%	60−65 +137%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −234%	214 +234%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −171%	65−70 +171%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −147%	37 +147%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −133%	49 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −150%	40 +150%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −183%	65−70 +183%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −44.1%	98 +44.1%
Hitman 3	18−20 −211%	59 +211%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −66.1%	93 +66.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −188%	95 +188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −111%	57 +111%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +121%	29 −121%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−189%

81
+189%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 −185%	55−60 +185%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −188%	45−50 +188%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −220%	30−35 +220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −350%	27 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −240%	34 +240%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −380%	24 +380%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −278%	170−180 +278%
Hitman 3	12−14 −200%	39 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −219%	67 +219%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −293%	59 +293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −415%	67 +415%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −192%	187 +192%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−212%

53
+212%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Hitman 3	6−7 −250%	21 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −43.2%	63 +43.2%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −450%	44 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −338%	35 +338%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −217%	18−20 +217%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −240%	17 +240%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10 +900%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −285%	50 +285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −414%	36 +414%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −200%	12 +200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−160%

26
+160%

This is how GTX 570 and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 is 3% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 is 206% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 is 200% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 570 is 121% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 570 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GTX 1660 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.18	30.27
Recency	7 December 2010	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	120 Watt

GTX 1660 has a 197.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 380% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 82.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.