GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1500 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 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 perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be a bit (about 20%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23520 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.