AMD Ryzen 5 2600 + GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GeForce GTX 1660
The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 paired with the GeForce GTX 1660 produces a 9.75% bottleneck. The two parts are well matched, so neither spends meaningful time waiting on the other. Nothing here needs fixing.
Estimated FPS at 1080p, high preset
Ranges, not exact figures: identical builds vary by roughly a quarter in real use depending on drivers, thermals and background load. Bars are scaled against the fastest title here, and each row states which component sets its ceiling.
Every title here is GPU-limited on this pairing.
Method: estimated from measured GPU baseline framerates and PassMark CPU scores, capped by whichever component limits first. Workload factors derived from the OpenML "fps-in-video-games" dataset (CC-BY, Sven Peeters).
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and GeForce GTX 1660: FPS by game and resolution
High preset. Each cell is a range; the label marks which component sets the ceiling. Blank cells mean this pairing has no measured data for that combination, and nothing is estimated in.
| Game | 720p | 1080p | 1440p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 134-223 GPU | 126-211 GPU | 89-149 GPU |
| CS:GO | 197-328 GPU | 206-344 GPU | 144-241 GPU |
| PUBG | 92-153 GPU | 82-137 GPU | 68-114 GPU |
| GTA V | 79-132 CPU | 76-126 GPU | 55-92 GPU |
| Apex Legends | - | 81-135 GPU | - |
| Overwatch | - | 124-207 GPU | 89-149 GPU |
| League of Legends | - | 164-273 GPU | - |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | - | 83-138 GPU | - |
| Battlefield 1 | - | 83-138 GPU | - |
| Battlefield 4 | - | 104-173 GPU | - |
| Rust | - | 63-105 GPU | - |
| Minecraft | - | 187-311 GPU | - |
| World of Tanks | - | 98-164 CPU | - |
| ARK: Survival Evolved | - | 59-98 GPU | - |
How quality settings affect this build: Fortnite at 1080p
Dropping settings only helps while the GPU is the limit. Once the label reads CPU, lowering quality stops buying frames on this pairing.
Every preset here is GPU-limited, which is exactly why the bars barely move.
Bottleneck by resolution
Raising resolution shifts load from the CPU to the GPU, so the balance of this pairing changes with the display it drives. Note this measures imbalance, not speed: the lowest figure is usually the lowest resolution, which is not the one to play at. Read it alongside the limiting part.
On this chart a longer bar is worse: it measures imbalance, not speed.
How these parts rank
Position within the 1,255 processors and 268 graphics cards in our database, by the same benchmark scores this calculator runs on.
Upgrade options
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Related pairings
Other processors with the GeForce GTX 1660
Other graphics cards with the AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Try a different pairing
Swap either component and see how the balance moves. Changing the resolution alone often matters more than changing a part.