GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Super
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
Turing TU116
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2019
December 1999
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
-
Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
157.1
0.48
Memory type
GDDR6
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x VGA
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
7.0
CUDA
7.5
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
-
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
NVENC
+
-