GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1500 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 98304 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 33%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35568 (33%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 288 (0%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.