NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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GeForce GTX 1060 compared with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Overview
Released
Released	July 2016	February 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,280 or 1,152	1,536
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,708 MHz or –	1,770 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.	NVIDIA reference figures; no Founders Edition was sold. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS 6G, whose dimensions and outputs are specified below.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	16 nm FinFET (original GP106)	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.	1500 MHz
Cache
Cache	1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X	6 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s or –	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	Original 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.	12 Gbps GDDR6 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	120 W or –	120 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)	7680 × 4320 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pin	1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)	450 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	204 × 128 × 42 mm and 669 g (pictured MSI VENTUS XS 6G). NVIDIA's reference dimensions are 145 × 111 mm, two slots; actual partner boards vary.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	Turing NVENC encoder, also used by the contemporary RTX range
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary	–