Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High74111
1080p Ultra5891
1440p Ultra4166
4K Ultra2237
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy634410201
Solar Bay2046245966
Port Royal16526128
Fire Strike1664329129
Night Raid76116n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur124.8 frames/sn/a
Face Detection69.4 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics9094.4 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark8071113
DirectX 11103 fps155 fps
DirectX 1251 fps71 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase369.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fpsn/a
T-Rex1580.9 fpsn/a
ALU 21754.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1901.6n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 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 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 1536 2560
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 32
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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 120 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 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 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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