Gtx 1060 6gb vs 1660: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB vs 1660

The GTX 1660 Super has a launch price of just $230 USD with comparable performance to the $280 USD 1660 Ti. The 1660 Super has 14 Gbps GDDR6 (versus 12Gbps GDDR6 for the 1660 Ti and 8Gbps GDDR5 for the 1660). The 1660 range of cards sit in the sweet spot for many gamers because they offer superb 1080p EFps in popular titles and they are relatively hassle free in terms of noise, compatibility and stability. The 1660S 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. Shop prices will determine which 1660 series card represents the best value over time but at today’s prices the 1660 Super effectively undercuts the 1660 Ti by $50 USD thus challenging the RX 590 in terms of overall value at 1080p. The next step up from the 1660S would be to the $325 RTX 2060. ^{[Oct ’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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• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (7,141)
• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (5,668)
• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (4,854)
• Asus PRIME B450M-A (3,761)
• Asrock B450M Pro4 (3,378)
• MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (3,303)
• Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (3,162)

• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (4,940)
• MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (3,303)
• MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (3,220)
• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (2,976)
• Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (2,753)
• Asus PRIME B350-PLUS (2,692)
• MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (2,298)

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max		221 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +27%		174 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max		72 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +20%		60 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max		83 EFps	Better Overwatch EFps. +15%		72 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max		79 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +10%		72 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max		101 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +28%		79 EFps

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Best Bench: 73% Asus(1043 86BB)
Worst Bench: 63% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB

Poor: 63%

Great: 73%

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Best Bench: 56% EVGA(3842 6160)
Worst Bench: 50% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB

Poor: 50%

Great: 56%

SPEED RANK: 103^rd / 688

Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		68. 7 %	Much faster effective speed. +30%		52.7 %

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		91.6 fps	Much better lighting effects. +42%		64.3 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		92 fps	Much better reflection handling. +30%		70.6 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)		66 fps	+0%		65.9 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)		79.6 fps	Faster NBody calculation. +20%		66.5 fps

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		98.3 fps	Much better peak lighting effects. +43%		68.6 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		124 fps	Better peak reflection handling. +24%		99.9 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)		71.7 fps	+5%		68.5 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)		84.3 fps	Faster peak NBody calculation. +20%		70 fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.74 %			1.1 %	Much higher market share. +49%
Value Value For Money		85.7 %	Much better value. +58%		54.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		77 %	More popular. +17%		66 %
Price Price (score)		$190	Cheaper. +17%		$230

Age Newest		43 Months	Much more recent. +42%		74 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		85.8 fps	Better peak texture detail. +28%		67.2 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		76 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +17%		64.8 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		77.3 fps	Better texture detail. +26%		61.3 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		69.8 fps	Faster complex splatting. +16%		60.2 fps

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