GeForce RTX 5060 vs GTX 660 OEM

Place in the ranking	742	267
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.79	8.56
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GK104	GB206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 August 2012 (12 years ago)	March 2025

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	1152	4608
Core clock speed	823 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	362.9
Floating-point processing power	2.046 TFLOPS	23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	96	144
Tensor Cores	no data	144
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	448.0 GB/s

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	+	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	3.0	10.1

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Dota 2	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
World of Tanks	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
World of Tanks	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Dota 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Fortnite	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 44 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.14	19.72
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt

GTX 660 OEM has 30.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 528% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.

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