NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15760 vs 14998
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8923 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8045 vs 3359
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15760 vs 14998
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8923 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8045 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 14 March 2019
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15760 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15760 vs 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 712 MHz
  • Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1057 MHz
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11693 vs 6907
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 782 vs 414
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57413 vs 50548
  • Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5415 vs 4896
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Memory clock speed 8004 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11693 vs 6907
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 vs 414
Geekbench - OpenCL 57413 vs 50548
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5415 vs 4896

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6907
11693
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
414
782
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
50548
57413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4896
5415
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G3D Mark 6907 11693
PassMark - G2D Mark 414 782
Geekbench - OpenCL 50548 57413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15760 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15760 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4896 5415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA107 TU116
Launch date 2021 14 March 2019
Place in performance rating 193 241
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $219

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1057 MHz 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 712 MHz 1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048
Pixel fill rate 42.28 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width IGP
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 8004 MHz
Memory type GDDR6