GeForce GTX 1660 vs P102-100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 180 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 51 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 49.00 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.51 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GP102 | TU116 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 February 2018 (6 years ago) | 14 March 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $219 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3200 | 1408 |
| Core clock speed | 1582 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1683 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11,800 million | 6,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 336.6 | 157.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.77 TFLOPS | 5.027 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 80 | 48 |
| TMUs | 200 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-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 | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1376 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 440.3 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | 7.5 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 February 2018 | 14 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 120 Watt |
GTX 1660 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 108.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between P102-100 and GeForce GTX 1660. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that P102-100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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