NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM 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, 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 776
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11911 vs 11659
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60604 vs 58014
Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1329 vs 1065
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 210.151 vs 189.842
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2513.128 vs 1902.867
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.875 vs 13.408

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 14 March 2019
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 776
PassMark - G3D Mark	11911 vs 11659
Geekbench - OpenCL	60604 vs 58014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1329 vs 1065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	210.151 vs 189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2513.128 vs 1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	18.875 vs 13.408

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.183 vs 81.395
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 875.838 vs 806.848

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	8004 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	116.183 vs 81.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	875.838 vs 806.848

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

776

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11911

11659

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

60604

58014

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1329

1065

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

210.151

189.842

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2513.128

1902.867

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.875

13.408

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

81.395

116.183

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

806.848

875.838

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	776
PassMark - G3D Mark	11911	11659
Geekbench - OpenCL	60604	58014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1329	1065
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	210.151	189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2513.128	1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	18.875	13.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.395	116.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	806.848	875.838
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU116
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	14 March 2019
Place in performance rating	205	258
Launch price (MSRP)		$219
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	1785 MHz
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	126.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
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	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 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