Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
83
49
39
22
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
74
59
41
21
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
125
89
63
27
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
69
60
42
21
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
43
34
24
12
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
49
41
30
21
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
38
28
21
12
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
40
38
20
10
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
73
66
46
21
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High6660
1080p Ultra5247
1440p Ultra3632
4K Ultra1916
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy55974880
Solar Bay1795021611
Port Royal1507552
Fire Strike1483212529
Night Raid6055953232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur119.1 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection64.8 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.58 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.28 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.37 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.88 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching300.1 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8599.6 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark477486
DirectX 1187 fps73 fps
DirectX 1239 fps46 fps
GPU Compute3717 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)310 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase289.4 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)257.9 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1225.1 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 21359 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2199 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1509.11731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 23, 2019 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 (N18E-G0) GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency 1455 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1590 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 1536 2048
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 24 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 76 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 153 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 6.6 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 23.24 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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Total Votes: 4

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