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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 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 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12930 vs 6890
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 813 vs 413
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61407 vs 50576
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
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6260 vs 4897

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	12930 vs 6890
PassMark - G2D Mark	813 vs 413
Geekbench - OpenCL	61407 vs 50576
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	6260 vs 4897

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6890

12930

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

813

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50576

61407

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

4897

6260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	6890	12930
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	813
Geekbench - OpenCL	50576	61407
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	4897	6260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		926.614

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	192	200
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