GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features GPU core speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 182912 (163%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is much (approximately 100%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71872 (100%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti will be much (more or less 100%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35936 (100%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.