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240 EFps | Slightly Better CSGO EFps. +9% |
221 EFps | |||
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86 EFps | Better GTAV EFps. +25% |
69 EFps | |||
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99 EFps | Much Better Overwatch EFps. +36% |
73 EFps | |||
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79 EFps | |||
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120 EFps | Much Better Fortnite EFps. +43% |
84 EFps |
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Best Bench: 80% Nvidia(10DE 12E1) ≥ 4GB
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Great: 80%
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Best Bench: 61% HP(103C 8439) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 53% PNY(196E 119F)
Poor: 53%
Great: 61%
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| Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed |
76. 2 % |
Much faster effective speed. +34% |
57 % |
| Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) |
97.4 fps | Much better lighting effects. +38% |
70.6 fps | |||
| Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) |
100 fps | Better reflection handling. +27% |
78.9 fps | |||
| MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) |
98.1 fps | Much faster multi rendering. +46% |
67.1 fps | |||
| Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) |
89. 7 fps |
Faster NBody calculation. +26% |
71.2 fps |
| Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) |
104 fps | Much better peak lighting effects. +36% |
76.6 fps | |||
| Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) |
137 fps | Better peak reflection handling. +22% |
112 fps | |||
| MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere) |
103 fps | Much faster peak multi rendering. +45% |
70.9 fps | |||
| Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy) |
94. 2 fps |
Faster peak NBody calculation. +24% |
75.9 fps |
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1 % | 2.36 % | Hugely higher market share. +136% |
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| Value Value For Money |
64.5 % | 234 % | Hugely better value. +262% |
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| User Rating UBM User Rating |
82 % | 89 % | Slightly more popular. +9% |
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| Price Price (score) |
$280 | $58 | Much cheaper. +79% |
| Age Newest |
44 Months | Much more recent. +41% |
75 Months | |||
| Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) |
98.8 fps | Much better peak texture detail. +30% |
75.8 fps | |||
| Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) |
80.5 fps | Faster peak complex splatting. +12% |
71.8 fps | |||
| Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) |
87.7 fps | Better texture detail. +28% |
68.4 fps | |||
| Splatting Avg.  Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
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75 fps | Faster complex splatting. +13% |
66.4 fps |
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The GTX 1660 Ti the latest mid-range and mid-priced graphics card for gamers, succeeding the now two year old GTX 1060 6GB. As NVIDIA have tried to imply with their naming convention, performance of this 16 series GPU lies somewhere between their 10 series and 20 series but the 16 does not contain any of the recent RTX cores, which given the lack of RTX ready games, by itself is no hindrance at all. The 1660 Ti features a new TU116 Turing based die, 6GB of VRAM, 1536 CUDA cores and has a 120W TDP which is a remarkably low power draw for its performance.
The reference GPU clock speeds are 1500MHz and 1770MHz for base and boost respectively, and manufacturer overclocked speeds will be higher. The 1660 Ti also features Turing NVENC which is far more efficient than CPU encoding and alleviates the need for casual streamers to use a dedicated stream PC. Early benchmarks show that the 1660 Ti has a clear 33% effective speed advantage over its $60 cheaper 1060 6GB predecessor and that it performs just 4% slower than the $80 more expensive GTX 1070 in terms of effective speed. As well as crowding out the direct competition from NVIDIA’s own 1070, at an opening price of $280, the GTX 1660 Ti competes squarely with AMD’s RX 590 ($260) which has an 18% lower effective speed. Perhaps this will be an impetus for AMD to adjust pricing for the RX 590 and offer something more value-led in the mid-range. [Feb ’19 GPUPro]
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080.
The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. [Jul ’16 GPUPro]
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Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti Vs 1060: Which is Better?
The Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1060 are both powerful gaming graphics cards, but which should you pick?
| GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| BUY NOW | BUY NOW |
| PROS | PROS |
Great performance at 1920 x 1080. Acceptable frame rates at 2560 x 1440. Retains Turing’s video encode/decode acceleration features. 120W board power compares favorably to AMD competition. |
High-quality 1080p gaming. Incredibly power efficient. Affordable and available. |
| CONS | CONS |
| No RT/Tensor cores mean you won’t be able to try ray tracing or DLSS. | 3GB of RAM isn’t very future proof. Limited RAM already requires texture compromises in some games. |
SPECIFICATIONS
| OVERVIEW | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| Card Status | Released | Released |
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Release Date | 22nd February, 2019 | 24th August, 2016 |
| Launch Price | $279 USD | $199 USD |
| GPU | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| GPU Model | 12nm TU116-400 | 16nm GP106-300 |
| Cores : TMUs : ROPs | 1536 : 96 : 48 | 1152 : 72 : 48 |
| MEMORY | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| Memory Size | 6144 MB GDDR6 | 3072 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus Width | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 192 GB/s |
| PHYSICAL | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| Interface | PCI-Express 3. 0 x16 |
PCI-Express 3.0 x16 |
| Thermal Design Power | 120 W | 120 W |
| CLOCKS | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1060 |
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1770 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Memory Clock (Effective) | 1500 (12000) MHz | 2000 (8000) MHz |
| Computing Power (FP32) | 4,608 GFLOPS | 3,470 GFLOPS |
PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM SPECS:
The system that I’m testing with –
- Intel Core i7-9700K CPU.
- Gigabyte Z390 Auros Xtreme Motherboard.
- 16GB of RAM running at DDR4-3200.
The same Windows updates and game updates were used for testing, and for drivers I’m using the newest available at the time of testing, 430.
86 for the Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1060, so let’s get into the results.
GRAPHICS CARD USED:
- GIGABYTE GTX 1660 Ti
- EVGA GTX 1060
Apex Legends
Let’s start out Apex Legends, which was tested with ultra settings. In terms of average FPS the Ti was 33% ahead of the 1060 at 1080p, then a much larger 34% ahead at 1440p.
Battlefield V
Battlefield 5 was tested in campaign mode rather than multiplayer, as it’s easier to consistently reproduce the test run. The 1660 Ti was 24% ahead in average FPS at 1080p, rising up to 25% faster at 1440p.
Fortnite
Fortnite was tested with the built in benchmark using ultra settings, I found both cards to deliver a fairly playable experience with ultra settings, even with 1440p, however the Ti was getting 27% higher average FPS here, and 25% higher at 1080p.
Forza Horizon 4
Forza Horizon 4 was tested using the built in benchmark with ultra settings, and once again the 1660 Ti was coming out ahead.
At 1080p we’re looking at a 20% improvement to average frame rate, increasing to 21% higher once we turn the resolution up to 1440p.
Hitman 2
Hitman 2 was tested using the replay feature with the exact same replay on both graphics cards. This was another game that I thought was easily playable on either card, even at 1440p with ultra settings in use. In terms of the differences to average FPS though, at both resolutions GTX 1660 Ti was 29% faster than 1060.
Just Cause 4
Just Cause 4 was tested with the built in benchmark at ultra settings. The actual game performs a fair bit ahead of this, so this is more of a synthetic test rather than representative of actual game play, but it does allow me to accurately compare between the two graphics cards. With that in mind, the Ti card was achieving 24% higher average FPS at 1080p, rising to almost 25% at 1440p.
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus was also tested using the built in benchmark with ultra settings.
This seems to be more of a graphically intensive test, and the Ti was coming out almost 21% ahead in average FPS, and about the same at 1440p as well.
Rainbow Six Siege
Rainbow Six Siege was tested using the built in benchmark at ultra settings. This is a game that I’ve found to prefer Nvidia’s new Turing architecture, so we’re getting fairly good results with either card here. At 1080p there was a 36% improvement with the Ti and then similar at 1440p, almost reaching 36.7% faster.
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 was tested with the Ulletical FPS benchmark, and both cards were delivering very good frame rates as usual. At 1080p the Ti was 32% ahead of the 1060, and then 31% ahead at 1440p.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a resource intensive game and was tested with high settings. In my opinion this one doesn’t need a high frame rate to play, I can get by with a solid 30 FPS, so both cards were giving me very a playable experience at 1440p.