NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1035 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • 2723.7x more texture fill rate: 82.80 GTexel/s vs 30.4 billion / sec
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10117 vs 1445
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 497 vs 269
  • 14.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57885 vs 4062
  • 21.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 229.393 vs 10.837
  • 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2082.931 vs 405.086
  • 15.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.561 vs 1.098
  • 6.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 134.68 vs 21.798
  • 17.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 599.217 vs 33.754
  • 14.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16098 vs 1094
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2253
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3176
  • 14.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16098 vs 1094
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2253
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3176
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 May 2021 vs 22 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1035 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate 82.80 GTexel/s vs 30.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 2560 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10117 vs 1445
PassMark - G2D Mark 497 vs 269
Geekbench - OpenCL 57885 vs 4062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 229.393 vs 10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2082.931 vs 405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.561 vs 1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 134.68 vs 21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 599.217 vs 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16098 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16098 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3176

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 835 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 475 vs 469
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 835 MHz vs 735 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 475 vs 469

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10117
1445
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
497
269
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57885
4062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
229.393
10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2082.931
405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.561
1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
134.68
21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
599.217
33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16098
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16098
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3176
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
469
475
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
PassMark - G3D Mark 10117 1445
PassMark - G2D Mark 497 269
Geekbench - OpenCL 57885 4062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 229.393 10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2082.931 405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.561 1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 134.68 21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 599.217 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16098 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16098 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3176
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 469 475

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Kepler
Code name GA106 GK107
Launch date 11 May 2021 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 276 1253
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1035 MHz 950 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 835 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 82.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.299 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.299 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 384
Pixel fill rate 49.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 82.80 GTexel/s 30.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 1,270 million
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 API
OpenCL 3.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA