Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High70111
1080p Ultra5591
1440p Ultra3966
4K Ultra2037
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy604710201
Solar Bay1926545966
Port Royal15496128
Fire Strike1618329129
Night Raid74430n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur122.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection68.6 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8476.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark8041113
DirectX 11103 fps155 fps
DirectX 1249 fps71 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase339.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex1502.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21607.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1760.2n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Blackwell 2.0
Codename TU116 GB207-300
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2572 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 125 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 284 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 the clear winner in this comparison.

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