Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High74n/a
1080p Ultra58n/a
1440p Ultra41n/a
4K Ultra22n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy6344n/a
Solar Bay20462n/a
Port Royal1652n/a
Fire Strike16643n/a
Night Raid76116n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark807n/a
DirectX 11103 fpsn/a
DirectX 1251 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5253 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Blackwell 2.0
Codename TU116 GB207
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1500-2662 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 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 120 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6 billion n/a
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 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 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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