GeForce GTX 1660 vs 690

Place in performance ranking	330	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	43
Value for money	1.94	25.03
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GK104	Turing TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (11 years old)	14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$219
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 1190% better value for money than GTX 690.

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	1536	1408
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	157.1
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	no data

Size and 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 Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	229 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	6 GB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics 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	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	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 690 14.43

GTX 1660 30.18
+109%

1660 outperforms 690 by 109% 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 690 5590

GTX 1660 11689
+109%

1660 outperforms 690 by 109% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 690 13160

GTX 1660 14055
+6.8%

1660 outperforms 690 by 7% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 690 18700

GTX 1660 57115
+205%

1660 outperforms 690 by 205% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 690 14979

GTX 1660 55668
+272%

1660 outperforms 690 by 272% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 690 12263

GTX 1660 60172
+391%

1660 outperforms 690 by 391% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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	40−45 −115%	86 +115%
1440p	21−24 −129%	48 +129%
4K	12−14 −133%	28 +133%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	14.43	30.18
Recency	3 May 2012	14 March 2019
Cost	$999	$219
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	120 Watt