GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which features clock speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be quite a bit 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 is a small bit (approximately 20%) better at texture filtering 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, though not by far. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.