**Comparing the GTX 1660 and GTX 1060: A Comprehensive Analysis**

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has been gaining popularity among gamers, thanks to its impressive performance and power efficiency. But how does it compare to the older, yet still capable GTX 1060? In this article, we'll put these two cards through a series of tests to determine which one comes out on top.

**Testing with Birth Cards**

Birth Cards is a resource-intensive game that requires high-performance graphics processing. To test the GTX 1660 and GTX 1060, we ran the game at 1440p (2560x1440) resolution, using medium-high settings. We were pleased to find that the GTX 1660 was able to maintain a smooth frame rate of around 30 FPS, making it possible to play the game at this high resolution without any significant stuttering or lag.

In contrast, the GTX 1060 struggled to keep up with the demands of Birth Cards, even at lower settings. However, we noted that the GTX 1660 was able to maintain a consistent frame rate, whereas the GTX 1060 experienced occasional dips in performance.

**Testing with Ghost Recon**

We also tested Ghost Recon, another resource-intensive game, using the built-in benchmark and high settings. The test revealed that the GTX 1660 was almost averaging 60 FPS at 1440p, despite some minor speed jutsu artifacts.

In comparison, the GTX 1060 struggled to maintain a consistent frame rate, often dipping below 30 FPS. This suggests that the GTX 1660 has a significant advantage in terms of performance and power efficiency.

**Testing with The Witcher 3**

The Witcher 3 is another demanding game that requires high-performance graphics processing. We tested it with the "Her Work" patch disabled, which reduces the game's graphical demands. At 1080p (1920x1080) resolution, both cards were able to maintain above 60 FPS.

However, at 1440p resolution, the GTX 1660 demonstrated a significant advantage over the GTX 1060, with an average frame rate of around 82 FPS compared to 71 FPS on the GTX 1060.

**Testing with Strange Brigade**

Strange Brigade is a fast-paced shooter that requires high-performance graphics processing. We tested it using the built-in benchmark and maxed-out Ultra settings at 1080p resolution.

The test revealed that the GTX 1660 was 17% ahead of the GTX 1060, with an average frame rate of around 57 FPS compared to 48 FPS on the GTX 1060.

**Synthetic Benchmarks**

We also ran some synthetic benchmarks using 3DMark's Time Spy and VR Mark tests. These tests provide a comprehensive measure of a graphics card's performance in various scenarios.

The results were consistent across both tests, with the GTX 1660 performing around 13% better than the GTX 1060 on average.

**Price Comparison**

Finally, we looked at the price comparison between the two cards. The MSI Gaming X16 60, which is a popular variant of the GTX 1660, is currently available for around $250 US dollars.

In contrast, entry-level GTX 1060 models start at around $219 US dollars, while higher-end models can cost upwards of $300 US dollars.

**Conclusion**

Based on our tests and analysis, it's clear that the GTX 1660 has a significant advantage over the GTX 1060 in terms of performance and power efficiency. While both cards are capable of playing modern games at high settings, the GTX 1660 is better suited for demanding titles like Birth Cards and Ghost Recon.

That being said, if you're on a budget or don't need the absolute highest performance, the GTX 1060 can still deliver good results in many games. However, we would recommend upgrading to the GTX 1660 if possible, especially considering its relatively affordable price point compared to other high-end graphics cards.

**Is it Worth Upgrading?**

Ultimately, whether or not you should upgrade from a GTX 1060 to a GTX 1660 depends on your specific needs and budget. If you're playing most modern games at high settings without any significant stuttering or lag, the GTX 1060 may still be sufficient.

However, if you want the best possible performance in demanding titles like Birth Cards and Ghost Recon, or if you're looking for a more powerful graphics card that can handle future-proofing, we would recommend upgrading to the GTX 1660.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe nvidia gtx 1660 and all the gtx 1060 are both decent graphics cards for gaming but which should you pick and is it worth upgrading in this video we'll test out and compare sixteen different games at 1080p and 1440p resolutions to help you see the performance difference between them and find out which is better value for the money let's quickly take a look at how the new at gtx 1660 and all the gtx 1060 actually differ in terms of specs note that things like clock speed and power will vary between specific cards these are just the reference specs for each model the 1660 is coming out ahead in pretty much all aspects more cuda cores higher base and boost clock speeds plus nvidia snoo occurring architecture however both have the same 6 gig of gddr5 memory Finn the testing I'm using the msi gtx 1660 gaming x and anna seuss gtx 1066 gig dual fan card so both have a small factory overclock expect slightly different results with different models the system that I'm testing with has an Intel i7 8700 K CPU overclocked to 5.0 gigahertz and an MSI is at 390 gaming per Kelvin motherboard along with 16 gig of T Force Nighthawk seal 16 memory from Team Group running a ddr4 3200 in dual channel check the links in the description for details on all of the components as well as for up-to-date pricing the same windows updates game updates an Nvidia driver for 19.3 5 were used for the testing so let's get into the results let's start out with Apex legends which was tested with all settings maxed out in all upcoming graphs I've got the gtx 1660 shown by the top bar in red while the older gtx 1060 is shown below in purple while the two different resolutions 1080p in 1440p as shown on the left in terms of average FPS the 1660 was 15% ahead of the 1060 at 1080p however only 5% ahead at 1440p Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built in benchmark using high settings and the 1660 was coming out ahead here 7% faster in terms of average frame rate over the older 1060 at 1080p rising up to eleven percent improvement at 1440p battlefield five was tested in campaign mode rather than multiplayer as it's easy to consistently reproduce the test run I found both cards to deliver a fairly playable experience with high settings even with 1440p though realistically I had lower settings of that resolution for this game at 1080p the 1660 was 17% ahead of the 1060 and just under 20% ahead at 1440p though it's worth noting the difference to 1% low which was consistent far cry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark with high settings and once again the 1660 was coming out ahead in all results at 1080p the 1660 was 13.7 percent faster than the 1060 and then a little further ahead at 1440p at 14.6% far cry 5 was also tested with the built-in benchmark with high settings and this game was seeing higher FPS over the newer Far Cry new dawn just shown for average framerate there was a 10 percent boost at 1080p and almost 14 percent at 1440p with a 16 60 however this was another test where the one percent lows were looking better on the 1060 fortnight was tested using the replay feature with the exact same replay on both graphics cards this was another game that I thought was easily playable on either card even at 1440p with high settings and use as it's pretty well optimized at 1080p the 1660 was performing 10% ahead of the 1060 and just under 9 percent faster at 1440p though less difference in the 1% lower with the 1060 once again winning there at 1080p Metro Exodus was tested with the built-in benchmark at high settings the actual game performs a fair bit ahead of this so this is more of a synthetic test rather than representative of actual gameplay but it does allow me to accurately compare between the two graphics cards with that in mind the 1660 was 10.9% ahead of the 1060 rising to twelve point two percent faster at 1440p shadow of the Tomb Raider was also tested using the built-in benchmark with high settings this seems to be more of a graphically intensive test as out of bowl games tested it saw the second biggest improvement with the 1660 at 1080p the 1660 was 18.7% ahead of the 1060 then 21.4% ahead 1440p Rainbow six siege was tested using the built-in benchmark at high settings with the 50% render scale and taa in use as these are default with the built-in presets this is a game that I found to prefer invidious neutering architecture so we're seeing the largest improvements out of all of the games tested with the 1660 which was coming out 28% ahead of the 10th 60 at 1080p and 31% of 1440p if you play a lot of Rainbow six definitely check out a Turing based card csgo was tested with the Aletta Kalev PS benchmark and both cards were delivering very high frame rates as usual although out of all 16 games this one saw the smallest change between the two with no major differences there was a larger difference to the 1% lows with the 1660 further ahead of the 1060 and I'd argue in a game like this once you've already got higher average FPS this becomes more of an advantage as you get fewer dips over which was tested in the practice range as I can easily perform the same test run compared to playing with bots or other players which will differ every time both of these cards were capable of providing a great experience at 1440p even with ultra settings in use as it is a well optimised game in terms of the differences at 1080p the 1660 was just 4% ahead of the 1060 and 2.5% ahead of 1440p so no major differences in this game pub G was tested using the replay feature with the exact same replay at high settings and just under the 60fps sweet spot was possible with the 1660 though of course possible would be achievable with lower settings as for the differences at 1080p the 1660 was 15% ahead of the 1060 in average FPS and 11.8% faster at 1440p with fairly decent improvements to 1% low same with the 1660 as well 22% at 1080p and 18% of 1440p watchdogs 2 was a resource intensive game and was tested with high settings in my opinion this one doesn't need a high frame rate to play I can get by with a solid 30 FPS so birth cards were giving me a playable experience at 1440p as for the differences at 1080p the 1660 was 10.6% ahead of the 1060 rising slightly to 12% ahead at 1440p Ghost Recon was tested with the built-in benchmark and high in use and is another resource heavy game despite this the 1660 was almost averaging 60 FPS in this test at 1440p though some of that would have caused speed jutsu my overclocked 8700 K as for the differences the 1660 was 11.5% ahead of the 1060 at 1080p and 11 percent higher at 1440p The Witcher 3 was tested with her works disabled and like most other games was playable at both 1080p and 1440p even with high settings and use with the 1060 just able to maintain above 60 FPS at 1080p the 1660 was 18% ahead of the 1060 and 16% ahead at 1440p strange Brigade was tested with the built-in bench mark using Vulcan with a sink computer enabled maxed out at Ultra settings at 1080p the 1660 was 17% ahead of the 1060 and 16% ahead at 1440p but what's more interesting is the 1% load from the 1660 wasn't far behind the average FPS of the 1060 at 1080p and was basically the same at 1440p in terms of overall improvement overall 16 games tested with the 1080p resolution on average the GTX 1660 was performing 13% better when compared with the GTX 1060 in terms of average FPS we can see Rainbow six siege is coming out far ahead as mentioned it really seems to work well with cheering however even if we don't include that result we're still looking at a 12 percent improvement on average with the 1660 in these games at 1440p on average over the same 16 games the GTX 1660 was now scoring 13.1% higher average frame rates when compared with the GTX 1060 so only just slightly more when compared to the 1080p results just shown again if we don't include the huge boost from rainbow 6 we're still looking at a 12 percent improvement on average with the 1660 over the 1060 here's what we're looking at in terms of synthetic benchmarks I've just tested 3d marks by a strike time spy and VR macchia now for the final difference the price I suggest checking updated prices using the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in the US my MSI gaming x16 60 is going for 200 50 US dollars however entry-level 1660s start at 219 u.s. dollars the 1066 gig seems to go from 200 US dollars and up it really varies by the model and remember there is a three gig model of the 1060 which is cheaper than what I'm showing here but also performs worse we're not considering that here my exact 1060 model is sold on Newegg that is either overpriced through an external company or still costs more than a 1660 for an open box one so unless you're getting a good price on a 1060 in general the newest 1660 seems worth picking and is what I'd go for today especially given it performs better too if you've already got a 1066 gig is it worth upgrading to the 1660 I think it depends on the game but in general not really as you're only getting a 13 percent improvement on average personally I thought my upgrade to count for more and the 1660 ti isn't much extra than the 1660 if you need more power or otherwise look at the second-hand market for a cheap 1070 as that performs about the same as the 1660 ti for less money as the 1660 is still fairly new you might have a hard time finding it on the used market at the moment though that will change over time the 1060 on the other hand is much easier to find second-hand given it's been out for years now so you've got the option of saving some money there and as we saw the 1060 still does perform quite well in modern titles with good settings let me know which card you'd pick down in the comments and why the newer gtx 1660 or older but still capable gtx 1060 and if you're new here don't forget to subscribe for more comparisons and tech videos like this onethe nvidia gtx 1660 and all the gtx 1060 are both decent graphics cards for gaming but which should you pick and is it worth upgrading in this video we'll test out and compare sixteen different games at 1080p and 1440p resolutions to help you see the performance difference between them and find out which is better value for the money let's quickly take a look at how the new at gtx 1660 and all the gtx 1060 actually differ in terms of specs note that things like clock speed and power will vary between specific cards these are just the reference specs for each model the 1660 is coming out ahead in pretty much all aspects more cuda cores higher base and boost clock speeds plus nvidia snoo occurring architecture however both have the same 6 gig of gddr5 memory Finn the testing I'm using the msi gtx 1660 gaming x and anna seuss gtx 1066 gig dual fan card so both have a small factory overclock expect slightly different results with different models the system that I'm testing with has an Intel i7 8700 K CPU overclocked to 5.0 gigahertz and an MSI is at 390 gaming per Kelvin motherboard along with 16 gig of T Force Nighthawk seal 16 memory from Team Group running a ddr4 3200 in dual channel check the links in the description for details on all of the components as well as for up-to-date pricing the same windows updates game updates an Nvidia driver for 19.3 5 were used for the testing so let's get into the results let's start out with Apex legends which was tested with all settings maxed out in all upcoming graphs I've got the gtx 1660 shown by the top bar in red while the older gtx 1060 is shown below in purple while the two different resolutions 1080p in 1440p as shown on the left in terms of average FPS the 1660 was 15% ahead of the 1060 at 1080p however only 5% ahead at 1440p Assassin's Creed Odyssey was tested with the built in benchmark using high settings and the 1660 was coming out ahead here 7% faster in terms of average frame rate over the older 1060 at 1080p rising up to eleven percent improvement at 1440p battlefield five was tested in campaign mode rather than multiplayer as it's easy to consistently reproduce the test run I found both cards to deliver a fairly playable experience with high settings even with 1440p though realistically I had lower settings of that resolution for this game at 1080p the 1660 was 17% ahead of the 1060 and just under 20% ahead at 1440p though it's worth noting the difference to 1% low which was consistent far cry new dawn was tested with the built-in benchmark with high settings and once again the 1660 was coming out ahead in all results at 1080p the 1660 was 13.7 percent faster than the 1060 and then a little further ahead at 1440p at 14.6% far cry 5 was also tested with the built-in benchmark with high settings and this game was seeing higher FPS over the newer Far Cry new dawn just shown for average framerate there was a 10 percent boost at 1080p and almost 14 percent at 1440p with a 16 60 however this was another test where the one percent lows were looking better on the 1060 fortnight was tested using the replay feature with the exact same replay on both graphics cards this was another game that I thought was easily playable on either card even at 1440p with high settings and use as it's pretty well optimized at 1080p the 1660 was performing 10% ahead of the 1060 and just under 9 percent faster at 1440p though less difference in the 1% lower with the 1060 once again winning there at 1080p Metro Exodus was tested with the built-in benchmark at high settings the actual game performs a fair bit ahead of this so this is more of a synthetic test rather than representative of actual gameplay but it does allow me to accurately compare between the two graphics cards with that in mind the 1660 was 10.9% ahead of the 1060 rising to twelve point two percent faster at 1440p shadow of the Tomb Raider was also tested using the built-in benchmark with high settings this seems to be more of a graphically intensive test as out of bowl games tested it saw the second biggest improvement with the 1660 at 1080p the 1660 was 18.7% ahead of the 1060 then 21.4% ahead 1440p Rainbow six siege was tested using the built-in benchmark at high settings with the 50% render scale and taa in use as these are default with the built-in presets this is a game that I found to prefer invidious neutering architecture so we're seeing the largest improvements out of all of the games tested with the 1660 which was coming out 28% ahead of the 10th 60 at 1080p and 31% of 1440p if you play a lot of Rainbow six definitely check out a Turing based card csgo was tested with the Aletta Kalev PS benchmark and both cards were delivering very high frame rates as usual although out of all 16 games this one saw the smallest change between the two with no major differences there was a larger difference to the 1% lows with the 1660 further ahead of the 1060 and I'd argue in a game like this once you've already got higher average FPS this becomes more of an advantage as you get fewer dips over which was tested in the practice range as I can easily perform the same test run compared to playing with bots or other players which will differ every time both of these cards were capable of providing a great experience at 1440p even with ultra settings in use as it is a well optimised game in terms of the differences at 1080p the 1660 was just 4% ahead of the 1060 and 2.5% ahead of 1440p so no major differences in this game pub G was tested using the replay feature with the exact same replay at high settings and just under the 60fps sweet spot was possible with the 1660 though of course possible would be achievable with lower settings as for the differences at 1080p the 1660 was 15% ahead of the 1060 in average FPS and 11.8% faster at 1440p with fairly decent improvements to 1% low same with the 1660 as well 22% at 1080p and 18% of 1440p watchdogs 2 was a resource intensive game and was tested with high settings in my opinion this one doesn't need a high frame rate to play I can get by with a solid 30 FPS so birth cards were giving me a playable experience at 1440p as for the differences at 1080p the 1660 was 10.6% ahead of the 1060 rising slightly to 12% ahead at 1440p Ghost Recon was tested with the built-in benchmark and high in use and is another resource heavy game despite this the 1660 was almost averaging 60 FPS in this test at 1440p though some of that would have caused speed jutsu my overclocked 8700 K as for the differences the 1660 was 11.5% ahead of the 1060 at 1080p and 11 percent higher at 1440p The Witcher 3 was tested with her works disabled and like most other games was playable at both 1080p and 1440p even with high settings and use with the 1060 just able to maintain above 60 FPS at 1080p the 1660 was 18% ahead of the 1060 and 16% ahead at 1440p strange Brigade was tested with the built-in bench mark using Vulcan with a sink computer enabled maxed out at Ultra settings at 1080p the 1660 was 17% ahead of the 1060 and 16% ahead at 1440p but what's more interesting is the 1% load from the 1660 wasn't far behind the average FPS of the 1060 at 1080p and was basically the same at 1440p in terms of overall improvement overall 16 games tested with the 1080p resolution on average the GTX 1660 was performing 13% better when compared with the GTX 1060 in terms of average FPS we can see Rainbow six siege is coming out far ahead as mentioned it really seems to work well with cheering however even if we don't include that result we're still looking at a 12 percent improvement on average with the 1660 in these games at 1440p on average over the same 16 games the GTX 1660 was now scoring 13.1% higher average frame rates when compared with the GTX 1060 so only just slightly more when compared to the 1080p results just shown again if we don't include the huge boost from rainbow 6 we're still looking at a 12 percent improvement on average with the 1660 over the 1060 here's what we're looking at in terms of synthetic benchmarks I've just tested 3d marks by a strike time spy and VR macchia now for the final difference the price I suggest checking updated prices using the links in the description as prices will change over time at the time of recording in the US my MSI gaming x16 60 is going for 200 50 US dollars however entry-level 1660s start at 219 u.s. dollars the 1066 gig seems to go from 200 US dollars and up it really varies by the model and remember there is a three gig model of the 1060 which is cheaper than what I'm showing here but also performs worse we're not considering that here my exact 1060 model is sold on Newegg that is either overpriced through an external company or still costs more than a 1660 for an open box one so unless you're getting a good price on a 1060 in general the newest 1660 seems worth picking and is what I'd go for today especially given it performs better too if you've already got a 1066 gig is it worth upgrading to the 1660 I think it depends on the game but in general not really as you're only getting a 13 percent improvement on average personally I thought my upgrade to count for more and the 1660 ti isn't much extra than the 1660 if you need more power or otherwise look at the second-hand market for a cheap 1070 as that performs about the same as the 1660 ti for less money as the 1660 is still fairly new you might have a hard time finding it on the used market at the moment though that will change over time the 1060 on the other hand is much easier to find second-hand given it's been out for years now so you've got the option of saving some money there and as we saw the 1060 still does perform quite well in modern titles with good settings let me know which card you'd pick down in the comments and why the newer gtx 1660 or older but still capable gtx 1060 and if you're new here don't forget to subscribe for more comparisons and tech videos like this one\n"