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
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
Width | IGP | |
Length | 229 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.2 | 12.0 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.6 | |
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Memory |
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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 |