GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GK106
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2012
May 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
CUDA cores
960
-
Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
3,789 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
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12.0
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.3
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-
VR Ready
-
+