NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Around 64% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1408
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 804
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 12712

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 29 Oct 2019
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 1408
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 804
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 12712

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62641 vs 49885

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	62641 vs 49885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

804

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

12712

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

62641

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	804
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	12712
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	62641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1278

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU116
Launch date	2022	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	88	223
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Technical info
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)	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1408
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count		6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6