NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 4GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1530 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 120 Watt
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 941 vs 782
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12845 vs 11691
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2022 vs 14 March 2019 |
Core clock speed | 1545 MHz vs 1530 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 90 Watt vs 120 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 941 vs 782 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 12845 vs 11691 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
- Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1740 MHz
- 4.6x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
- Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57151 vs 50117
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz vs 1740 MHz |
Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 57151 vs 50117 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 941 | 782 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 12845 | 11691 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 50117 | 57151 |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 5414 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
Code name | GA107 | TU116 |
Launch date | 2022 | 14 March 2019 |
Place in performance rating | 79 | 240 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $219 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz | 1785 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1545 MHz | 1530 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 8.018 TFLOPS | |
Pipelines | 2304 | |
Pixel fill rate | 55.68 GPixel/s | |
Texture fill rate | 125.3 GTexel/s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 90 Watt | 120 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,600 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
HDMI | ||
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | 229 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 250 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | |
Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective | 8004 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 |