NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB 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).

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6144 MB
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 599 vs 480
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13875 vs 10172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Pipelines	4096 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6144 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	599 vs 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	13875 vs 10172

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 1440 MHz
6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

599

480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13875

10172

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	599	480
PassMark - G3D Mark	13875	10172
Geekbench - OpenCL	81021
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 RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA104	N18E-G0
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	114	113
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1590 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	1536
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6144 MB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6