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GeForce GTX 1660 vs GTX 1070

GeForce GTX 1660
VS
GeForce GTX 1070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
TU116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB with 22 pipelines and 1408 shaders against the 3 years and 3 months older GTX 1070 8 GB that utilizes 15 pipelines and 1920 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)

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Currency
6 GB GDDR5
VS
8 GB GDDR5
15.4
(Bad)
Value Index
43.5
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1070 over GTX 1660
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1070
  • Performs slightly better (up to 15%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (6.5 vs 5 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 14% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 40 vs 35 FPS
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 256.3 vs 192.1 GB/s
  • Has 36% more shading units (1920 vs 1408)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1660
vs
GTX 1070

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
81
45
36
24
88
50
41
25
The Witcher 3
74
59
41
21
83
68
47
25
Counter-Strike 2
119
83
60
25
135
95
68
32
Far Cry 6
66
56
44
21
73
64
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
42
32
23
12
45
38
29
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III
51
42
26
17
54
49
33
22
Ghost of Tsushima
37
30
20
11
43
31
24
13
Cyberpunk 2077
40
36
22
9
45
44
24
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
20
79
73
48
25
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 64 72
1080p Ultra 49 57
1440p Ultra 35 40
4K Ultra 18 21
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
5100
GTX 1070 +15%
5858
Time Spy 5443 6091
Solar Bay 18104 16030
Port Royal 1455 1283
Fire Strike 14207 18705
Wild Life Extreme 10947 12186
Night Raid 66328 72459
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1660 +12%
60105
GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur 107.7 img/sec 142.3 img/sec
Face Detection 58.6 img/sec 65.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.07 Gpixels/sec 2.2 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.61 Gpixels/sec 3.23 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3 Gpixels/sec 3.74 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 301.7 Gpixels/sec 195.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8078.5 FPS 5161.6 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
n/a
GTX 1070
3551

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1660
11610
GTX 1070 +16%
13511
G2D Mark 777 848
DirectX 11 79 FPS 99 FPS
DirectX 12 49 FPS 49 FPS
GPU Compute 4928 Ops/s 6123 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 9475 & 53848 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1660 +29%
719.36
GTX 1070
556.54
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 332 & 1387 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce GTX 1660
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GeForce GTX 1070
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📘 2026-08-09 (yourtrain)Geekbench 6 OpenCL53862
📘 2026-08-09 (yourtrain)Cinebench 20243551
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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 +3%
8617
GTX 1070
8330
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1660
7365
GTX 1070 +13%
8293
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1660 +1%
6243
GTX 1070
6176
Image Classification (SP) 3814 2295
Image Segmentation (HP) 4931 4955
Image Super Resolution (Q) 8081 10587
Face Detection (HP) 8691 8747
Pose Estimation (Q) 33497 51263
Text Classification (SP) 1586 1461
Machine Translation (HP) 2227 2342
Object Detection (SP) 4384 2960
Depth Estimation (Q) 16173 15275
Style Transfer (SP) 72011 104907
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1660 and GTX 1070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 14, 2019 January 10, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $219 $379
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU116 GP104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9500 or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (78th and 76th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1530 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1785 MHz 1683 MHz
Shading Units 1408 1920
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 88 120
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 22 15
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1536KB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 GPixel/s 108 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTexel/s 202 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1660
5 TFLOPS
GTX 1070 +30%
6.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 150 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 284 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor Count 6 billion 7 billion
Transistor Density 21.13 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2001 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s
GTX 1070 +33%
256.3 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 1070:
    - There's a version with GDDR5X memory.

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