GeForce GTX 660M and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 660M
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N13E-GE
GP104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
March 2018
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
950 MHz
1708 MHz
Core clock speed
835 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
384
-
Floating-point performance
729.6 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
30.4 billion/sec
136.6
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64.0 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
Up to 2048x1536
-
DirectX
12 API
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-