NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores224 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
$249 • Jan 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 130 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1785 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.1 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 1408 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 20 |
| TMUs | 88 | 80 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2001 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.68 GPixel/s | 56.86 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.1 GTexel/s | 224 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.027 GFLOPS | 9.098 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 6600 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
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