The GeForce GTX 1660 is a clear winner – it's a much faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 970 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's €696.71 cheaper!
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1660
- A much faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 87% cheaper – €101.29 vs €798.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 19% less energy – 120 vs 148 Watts
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 6 vs 4 GB
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 970
The GeForce GTX 1660 is better in every way
GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 970 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce GTX 1660
Mar 14th, 2019
Average FPS
77
100%
Min 1% FPS
40
100%
Price, €
€101.29
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.31/FPS
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Average FPS
65
84%
Min 1% FPS
32
80%
Price, €
€798
12%
Value, €/FPS
€12.27/FPS
11%
GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 970 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 970 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 970 in core GPU performance specifications
GeForce GTX 1660
Mar 14th, 2019
Memory
6 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
86%
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
5.027 TFLOPS
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
67%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
77%
Texture Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
78%
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
78%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
GeForce GTX 1660 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
Mar 14th, 2019 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
$219.00 | MSRP | $329.00 |
| GeForce 16 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
120 W | Power Consumption | 148 W |
| Memory | ||
6 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 192.1 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
85.68 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 65.97 GPixel/s |
157.1 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 122.5 GTexel/s |
5.027 TFLOPS | FP32 | 3.92 TFLOPS |
