Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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
91
52
43
25
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High7460
1080p Ultra5847
1440p Ultra4132
4K Ultra2216
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy63444880
Solar Bay2046221611
Port Royal1652552
Fire Strike1664312529
Night Raid7611653232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur124.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark807486
DirectX 11103 fps73 fps
DirectX 1251 fps46 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.61731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA107
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 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 85 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 21.13 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
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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