NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 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 - 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 4050
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 64% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1530 MHz
- Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1785 MHz
- Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
- Around 82% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1408
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
| Launch date | 2023 vs 29 Oct 2019 |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz vs 1530 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz vs 1785 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 211.2 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 1408 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm vs 12 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 6 GB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
- Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 125 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 12712 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 804 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 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 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Turing |
| Code name | AD106 | TU116 |
| Launch date | 2023 | 29 Oct 2019 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 223 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 211.2 GFLOPS (1:64) | 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS (1:1) | 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS | 5.027 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 1408 |
| Pixel fill rate | 84.48 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 157.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6600 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 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 9 inches (229 mm) | |
| Width | Dual-slot | |
API support |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 336.0 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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