GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs GTX 1060 3 GB

Place in the ranking	216	736
Place by popularity	26	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.50	no data
Power efficiency	14.44	1.80
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GP106	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 August 2016 (8 years ago)	22 August 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1152	1152
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	823 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	888 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	123.0	85.25
Floating-point processing power	3.935 TFLOPS	2.046 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	72	96

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	179.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	6.1	3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.85	3.36
Recency	18 August 2016	22 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	130 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has a 639.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 8.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.