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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB | GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 9% | 1% |
| Hitman 3 | 19% | 28% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 9% | 1% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 16% | 10% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 50% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 29% | 39% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 19% | 13% |
| Genshin Impact | 9% | 1% |
| Far Cry 6 | 32% | 43% |
| The Medium | 14% | 23% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB are very slightly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition.
The GTX 1660 has a 458 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 780 Ti, but the GTX 780 Ti has 152 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1660. As a result, the GTX 780 Ti exhibits a 122.7 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 1660. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 1660 has a 458 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 780 Ti and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the GTX 1660 providing 21.9 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 1660 was released over three years more recently than the GTX 780 Ti, and so the GTX 1660 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GTX 780 Ti when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 1660 has 3072 MB more video memory than the GTX 780 Ti, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. However, the overall memory performance is about the same.
The GTX 780 Ti has 143.9 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 1660, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 780 Ti is massively better than the GTX 1660.
The GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB has 1408 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition has 2880. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 1660 is 2640 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 780 Ti is 3275. The GTX 780 Ti having 635 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 780 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 1660.
The GTX 1660 transistor size technology is 16 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 780 Ti. This means that the GTX 1660 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 780 Ti.
The GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB requires 120 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition requires 250 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the GTX 1660 and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 780 Ti. The GTX 780 Ti requires 130 Watts more than the GTX 1660 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 780 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 1660.
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 22.7 FPS on Microsoft Flight Simulator
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 44.8 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 64.5 FPS on Middle-earth: Shadow of War
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 73.6 FPS on Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 112.6 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 21.1 FPS on Microsoft Flight Simulator
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 33.2 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 38.5 FPS on Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 17.6 FPS on Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord
GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB gets 26 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
| Core Speed | 1530 MHz |  | vs | 1072 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1875 MHz | | vs | 1137 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU116 | Kepler GK110-425-B1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Good | ||
| Release Date | 14 Mar 2019 | | vs | 12 Dec 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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vs | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 8.1
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vs | 8
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| 3840x2160 | 6
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vs | 5.9
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| Memory | 6144 MB | | vs | 3072 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 2001 MHz | | vs | 1750 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | vs | | 384 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.1GB/sec | vs | | 336GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
1536 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1408 | vs | | 2880 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 88 | vs | | 240 | |
| Texture Rate | 134.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 257.3 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 48 | | vs | | 48 |
| Pixel Rate | 73.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 51.5 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 1 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 1 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 120 Watts | | vs | 250 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | 450 Watts & 27 Amps | | vs | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 12.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 6.2 | | vs | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-8500 6-Core 3.0GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 12 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | | 2560x1440 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview The GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB is an entry to mid-level Nvidia graphics card which launched on March 14th, 2019. The GeForce GTX 1660 is designed to compete against AMD's more affordable gaming cards such as the RX 570 and the RX 580, and replaces the outgoing GTX 1060. The GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB is a dual-slot graphics card with triple fan cooling, reinforced backplate, and RGB logo. This graphics card has above average overclocking potential. Architecture The Turing GPU architecture aims for 30-50% as much performance as the previous-gen Pascal Architecture. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Turing TU116, more specifically the TU166-300-A1, which has 22 SM activated and thus 1408 Shader Processing Units, 88 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1530 MHz and goes up to 1875 MHz with the Boost Clock, an overclock of 5% compared to the reference model. Memory The GPU accesses a 6GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5 through a 192-bit memory interface, while the memory clock Operates at 2001MHz, or 8GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 120W, this graphics card requires one 8-pin power connector. Performance The GeForce GTX 1660 will enable medium to high graphics performance on modern AAA 2018 released games. Although there will be variations on this frame rate we expect this card to deliver around 50+ FPS on High graphics settings at 1080p screen resolution. Comparatively, this card will have slightly faster performance than the GTX 1060. System Suggestions The GeForce GTX 1660 Colorful iGame Advanced OC 6GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1440, so our recommendation would be to use 1920x1080 in order to get the most out of your settings. We recommend a high-end processor such as the i5-8500 and 12GB of RAM for optimal performance. | GeForce GTX 780 Ti EVGA Classified Kingpin Edition is a special edition of the high-end GeForce GTX 780 Ti. This edition comes with a custom double fan cooling solution which by itself should allow a slight performance boost, as GeForce GTX 780 benefits from the GPU Boost 2.0 technology. Also, it has been overclocked out of the box from 875MHz to 1072MHz while its boost clock is now of 1137MHz. The memory clock was left untouched. Benchmarks indicate a 10% performance boost when compared to the reference card and so this card surpasses the mighty GeForce GTX 690. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||