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GeForce GTX 1660
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VRAM
6 GB
CUDA
1,408
FP32
5.027 TF
Bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
TDP
120W
Boost
1785 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute5.027 TFLOPS5%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth192.1 GB/s11%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity6 GB19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units1,4086%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency13/10022%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy10,080pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,220pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,456spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute69,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming28
Ray tracing29
AI / Compute29
Creator / 3D28
Power efficiency13
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 24 fps
1080p
39
1440p
23
4K
10
Counter-Strike 2avg 64 fps
1080p
104
1440p
60
4K
28
Fortniteavg 78 fps
1080p
131
1440p
71
4K
32
Battlefield 5avg 73 fps
1080p
102
1440p
76
4K
42
Far Cry 5avg 56 fps
1080p
83
1440p
57
4K
29
Valorantavg 151 fps
1080p
112
1440p
219
4K
121
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
88fps
1440p
53fps
4K
28fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($219) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$2.50
1440p
$4.15
4K
$8.52
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners praise it as a great 1080p card that runs cool and quiet. The main gripe is the lack of ray tracing or DLSS, making it feel outdated for newer games.
Pros
- Handles 1080p gaming with ease
- No extra power cables needed
- Runs cool in tight cases
- Great value for esports titles
Cons
- No ray tracing or DLSS
- Fan can get loud
- PCIe 3.0 limits future upgrades
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 1,408
- TMUs
- 88
- ROPs
- 48
- L2 cache
- 1536 MB
Memory
- Size
- 6 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 192-bit
- Bandwidth
- 192.1 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 2001 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1530 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1785 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 5.027 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 5.027 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 86 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 157.1 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 120W
- Suggested PSU
- 250W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 229 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.5
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- 7.5
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1660
The GTX 1660 is a solid 1080p Turing card that skips ray tracing for better price-to-performance.
Get it if you want a solid 1080p card for esports and older AAA titles on a tight budget. Skip it if you need ray tracing, high-refresh 1440p, or modern demanding games.
Buy it if…
- You want a reliable 1080p card without ray tracing nonsense.
- You're building a budget PC and need great value per frame.
- You want a solid upgrade from an old GTX 960 or RX 580.
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