Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
88
53
43
26
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High7093
1080p Ultra5574
1440p Ultra3953
4K Ultra2029
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy60478211
Solar Bay1926535563
Port Royal15494627
Fire Strike1618321866
Night Raid7443084235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur122.5 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark804630
DirectX 11103 fps130 fps
DirectX 1249 fps61 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.22946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU116 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2560
TMUs 88 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 22 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 125 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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