GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GK106
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2012
April 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
960
-
Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
2,540 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
9028 MHz
Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s
216.7 GB/s
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.3
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-