NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1455 MHz
- Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1590 MHz
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 477
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 10155
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 2022 vs 23 April 2019 |
| Core clock speed | 1545 MHz vs 1455 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz vs 1590 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1536 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 942 vs 477 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 12873 vs 10155 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6144 MB vs 4 GB
- 6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
| Maximum memory size | 6144 MB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 942 | 477 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 12873 | 10155 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 49885 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 5564 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 15109 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 15109 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 16828 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 16828 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 8054 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 8054 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Code name | GA107 | N18E-G0 |
| Launch date | 2022 | 23 April 2019 |
| Place in performance rating | 88 | 112 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1545 MHz | 1455 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 | 1536 |
| Pixel fill rate | 55.68 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 125.3 GTexel/s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 90 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 6600 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | |
| Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 250 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
| Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6144 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective | 12000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
