GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 660 OEM - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GK104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
August 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
888 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
823 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
2,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1152
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
85.25
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
179.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
3.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
VR Ready
+
-