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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: On llama3.1:8b, both reach about 16.7 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart Blog; per Databasemart).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Both released in 2019. MSRP range: $219 · $279. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
vram gb 66
vram type GDDR5GDDR6
tdp w 120120
cuda cores 14081536

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, 3DMark, Modders Inc, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, Legit Reviews, PCGamesN, TopCPU.net, GPU-Monkey, PassMark and AskGeek.io; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 12,365 points14,413 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc		 —3,368 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 1,047 points1,306 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews, PCGamesN, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, 3DMark		 5,521 points6,314 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc		 —2,878 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 5,395 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 776 pts776 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek.io		 11,618 pts12,615 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, both reach about 16.7 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart Blog; per Databasemart).

What did the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 launched at a $219 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti at $279. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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