GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 660 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTX 660
4119
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 660
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GK106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
September 2012
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
One 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1033 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
980 MHz
CUDA cores
-
960
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
2,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
960
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
140 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
78.4 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
144.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.3
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+