GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GK106
TU116
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2012
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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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
1335 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
1140 MHz
CUDA cores
960
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Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
2,540 million
6,600 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
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Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
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Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
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Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s
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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
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HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (11_0)
12.0 (12_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.3
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
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