Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Gamerock Premium vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Gamerock Premium and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
• GPU Chip
  GP104-200-A1 TU116-300-A1
• Execution units
  15 22
• Shader
  1920 1408
• Render Output Units
  64 48
• Texture Units
  120 88

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.125 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  272 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Gamerock Premium and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.670 GHz+ 11 % 1.530 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.873 GHz+ 11 % 1.860 GHz+ 4 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.785 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  170 W+ 13 % 120 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Gamerock Premium and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 80 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 3
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 3840x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  285 mm 280 mm
• Height
  133 mm 116 mm
• Width
  58 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING OC 6G and Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Gamerock Premium.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  NE51070H15P2-1041G GV-N1660GAMING OC-6GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet