GeForce 6800 GT Dual and GeForce GTX 1660 - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT Dual
GeForce GTX 1660
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
NV45
Turing TU116
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
March 2019
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1785 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
6,600 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
1408
Power consumption (TDP)
-
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
157.1
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
192.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
7.5
OpenCL
N/A
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131