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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GTX 1060

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
VS
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
TU116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER with 22 pipelines and 1408 shaders against the 3 years and 4 months older GTX 1060 that utilizes 10 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
6 GB GDDR6
VS
6 GB GDDR5
35.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over GTX 1660 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
  • Performs better (up to 39%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 48% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 40 vs 27 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 192.2 GB/s
  • Achieves 71% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (67K vs 39K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
GTX 1060

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
86
51
43
25
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
83
65
47
26
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
68
29
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
70
62
46
24
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
26
13
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
55
44
31
19
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
41
34
26
12
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
44
40
22
11
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 71 50
1080p Ultra 55 37
1440p Ultra 40 27
4K Ultra 20 13
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1660 SUPER +39%
5672
GTX 1060
4085
Time Spy 6042 4203
Solar Bay 19265 11278
Port Royal 1547 844
Fire Strike 16189 13132
Wild Life Extreme 12334 8510
Night Raid 74735 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1660 SUPER +71%
67074
GTX 1060
39230
Background Blur 122.5 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 68.6 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.56 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.33 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.21 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.86 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 273.3 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8476.3 FPS 4220.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER +26%
3271
GTX 1060
2586

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1660 SUPER +26%
12662
GTX 1060
10026
G2D Mark 807 737
DirectX 11 104 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 50 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 5033 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 22253 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1660 SUPER +104%
764.56
GTX 1060
375.66
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 886 & 943 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-02 (TEST)Cinebench 20243271
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GeForce GTX 1060
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER +56%
10238
GTX 1060
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1660 SUPER +23%
8153
GTX 1060
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1660 SUPER +54%
7392
GTX 1060
4804
Image Classification (SP) 4278 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 5856 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9561 8136
Face Detection (HP) 9830 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 36109 33181
Text Classification (SP) 1858 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 3286 3149
Object Detection (SP) 5151 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 18021 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 73708 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 29, 2019 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU116 GP106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT -
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9500 or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (75th and 84th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1530 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1785 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 1408 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 88 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 22 10
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1536KB shared 1536KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1660 SUPER +14%
5 TFLOPS
GTX 1060
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 125 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 284 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 6 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 21.13 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1660 SUPER +75%
336 GB/s
GTX 1060
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 7.5 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.

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