GeForce GTS 160M vs GTX 660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 Ti with GeForce GTS 160M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 660 Ti
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
11.47
+552%

GTX 660 Ti outperforms GTS 160M by a whopping 552% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking411918
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.09no data
Power efficiency5.522.12
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGK104G94
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)3 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores134464
Core clock speed915 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate109.819.20
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.192 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data288
ROPs2416
TMUs11232

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+2-way
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sUp to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s51 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortVGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternalS/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.32.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

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 660 Ti 11.47
+552%
GTS 160M 1.76

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 660 Ti 4428
+553%
GTS 160M 678

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 660 Ti 23726
+498%
GTS 160M 3965

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 HD73
+630%
10−12
−630%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1167%
6−7
−1167%
Hitman 3 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+281%
16−18
−281%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+311%
9−10
−311%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+100%
30−35
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1167%
6−7
−1167%
Hitman 3 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+281%
16−18
−281%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+311%
9−10
−311%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+100%
30−35
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1167%
6−7
−1167%
Hitman 3 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+281%
16−18
−281%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+311%
9−10
−311%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+100%
30−35
−100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+575%
8−9
−575%
Hitman 3 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+700%
9−10
−700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+280%
5−6
−280%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Hitman 3 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+563%
8−9
−563%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%

This is how GTX 660 Ti and GTS 160M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 660 Ti is 630% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 660 Ti is 1167% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 660 Ti surpassed GTS 160M in all 51 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.47 1.76
Recency 16 August 2012 3 March 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 60 Watt

GTX 660 Ti has a 551.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GTS 160M, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 160M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce GTS 160M is a notebook one.


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

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