GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q sales at a recommended price of $229. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. 1x 6-pin power connector is required.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | |
| GPU code name | TU116 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1335 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
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Recommended processors
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