NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 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
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8923 vs 3718
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8045 vs 3355
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8923 vs 3718
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8045 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 22 February 2019
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 712 MHz
  • Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1057 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12900 vs 6831
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 403
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61100 vs 50663
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 165.993
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2573.643 vs 1980.866
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.447 vs 14.641
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 145.886 vs 135.641
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 926.614 vs 745.481
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 15760
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 15760
  • 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1061 vs 421
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12900 vs 6831
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 61100 vs 50663
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 165.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 vs 1980.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 vs 14.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 vs 135.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 vs 745.481
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 15760
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1061 vs 421

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6831
12900
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
403
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
50663
61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
165.993
208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1980.866
2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.641
16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.641
145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
745.481
926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
421
1061
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 6831 12900
PassMark - G2D Mark 403 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 50663 61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.993 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1980.866 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.641 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.641 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 745.481 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15760 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15760 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 421 1061

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA107 TU116
Launch date 2021 22 February 2019
Place in performance rating 248 221
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Price now $279.99
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1057 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 712 MHz 1500 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) 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6