8-pin Power Connector — 4 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

8-pin Power Connector: which one for what?

The 4 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation Quiet operation Films & Video

Leads for Gaming: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti85%

Leads for Content Creation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti80%

Leads for Quiet operation: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 166061%

Leads for Films & Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 166067%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660NVIDIA
6 GB · Turing · 1785 MHz
65% 50% 61% 67%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 120 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- 120 W — among the frugal ones here
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SuperNVIDIA
6 GB · Turing · 1785 MHz
65% 50% 55% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiNVIDIA
6 GB · Turing · 1770 MHz
65% 50% 61% 67%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 120 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- 120 W — among the frugal ones here
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2572 MHz
85% 80% 55% 63%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 18 months on the market