GeForce GTX 1660 and Sandy Bridge GT1 - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1660

Sandy Bridge GT1

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

Generation 6.0 (2011)

GPU code name

Turing TU116

Sandy Bridge GT1

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

March 2019

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 8-pin

Boost clock speed

1785 MHz

Core clock speed

1530 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

32 nm

Number of transistors

6,600 million

504 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1408

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

Texture fill rate

157.1

Memory type

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

8000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

192.1 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

HDMI

DirectX

12 (12_1)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

7.5

OpenCL

1.2

N/A

OpenGL

4.6

3.1

Shader Model

6.5

4.1

Vulkan

1.2.131

N/A