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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 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
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p High7466
1080p Ultra5852
1440p Ultra4137
4K Ultra2219
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spy63445368
Solar Bay2046224168
Port Royal1652571
Fire Strike1664313483
Night Raid7611655763
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur124.8 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Mark807497
DirectX 11103 fps76 fps
DirectX 1251 fps49 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s4323 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps362.7 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps277 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps1375.2 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.62008

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 (GN20-P1)
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 1536 2560
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 24 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
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 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 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 276 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 43.48 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 Ti 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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