GeForce GT 610 vs GTX 1660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GeForce GT 610, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1660 Ti
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 120 Watt
33.50
+4036%

GTX 1660 Ti outperforms GT 610 by a whopping 4036% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1601144
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.240.01
Power efficiency19.131.91
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU116GF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $39.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 442300% better value for money than GT 610.

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 cores153648
Core clock speed1500 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data102 °C
Texture fill rate169.96.480
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPS0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs484
TMUs968

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm145 mm
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1024 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.50
+4036%
GT 610 0.81

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1660 Ti 12906
+4023%
GT 610 313

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1660 Ti 16024
+4231%
GT 610 370

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 Ti 60773
+4640%
GT 610 1282

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD103
+5050%
2−3
−5050%
1440p59
+5800%
1−2
−5800%
4K370−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.7120.00
1440p4.7339.99
4K7.54no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+7700%
1−2
−7700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 86
+4200%
2−3
−4200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Battlefield 5 130
+4233%
3−4
−4233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
+4650%
2−3
−4650%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+7000%
1−2
−7000%
Far Cry 5 104
+5100%
2−3
−5100%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+5500%
2−3
−5500%
Forza Horizon 4 231
+4520%
5−6
−4520%
Hitman 3 70−75
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+4733%
3−4
−4733%
Metro Exodus 134
+4367%
3−4
−4367%
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
+5850%
2−3
−5850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 171
+4175%
4−5
−4175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+5900%
2−3
−5900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 122
+6000%
2−3
−6000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
Battlefield 5 121
+5950%
2−3
−5950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85
+4150%
2−3
−4150%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Far Cry 5 82
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Far Cry New Dawn 79
+7800%
1−2
−7800%
Forza Horizon 4 218
+4260%
5−6
−4260%
Hitman 3 70−75
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+4733%
3−4
−4733%
Metro Exodus 114
+5600%
2−3
−5600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
+4350%
2−3
−4350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 127
+4133%
3−4
−4133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+5900%
2−3
−5900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+5200%
1−2
−5200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+4900%
1−2
−4900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
Far Cry 5 61
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
Forza Horizon 4 97
+4750%
2−3
−4750%
Hitman 3 70−75
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 102
+5000%
2−3
−5000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110
+5400%
2−3
−5400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 62
+6100%
1−2
−6100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+5900%
2−3
−5900%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 97
+4750%
2−3
−4750%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75
+7400%
1−2
−7400%
Far Cry New Dawn 54
+5300%
1−2
−5300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 36 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+5100%
1−2
−5100%
Cyberpunk 2077 27 0−1
Far Cry 5 41 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 202
+4950%
4−5
−4950%
Hitman 3 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75
+7400%
1−2
−7400%
Metro Exodus 65
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
+4250%
4−5
−4250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65
+6400%
1−2
−6400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 36 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 29 0−1
Hitman 3 27−30 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+5333%
3−4
−5333%
Metro Exodus 46
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+4200%
1−2
−4200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 25 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Far Cry 5 20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 51
+5000%
1−2
−5000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 43
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and GT 610 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti is 5050% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 5800% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.50 0.81
Recency 22 February 2019 2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1024 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 29 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti has a 4035.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

GT 610, on the other hand, has 313.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 610 in performance tests.


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