Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 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
81
46
37
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
72
59
42
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
122
86
59
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
65
57
42
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
41
34
24
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
30
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
36
29
22
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
41
36
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High64n/a
1080p Ultra50n/a
1440p Ultra36n/a
4K Ultra18n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy5443n/a
Solar Bay18090n/a
Port Royal1457n/a
Fire Strike14194n/a
Night Raid66156n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur107.7 frames/sn/a
Face Detection58.6 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.07 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.77 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching301.7 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8078.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark776n/a
DirectX 1179 fpsn/a
DirectX 1248 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5157 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)355.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase317.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)282.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex1281.3 fpsn/a
ALU 21549.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1714.8n/a

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 14, 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 219 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2560
TMUs 88 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 22 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 86 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 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 GDDR5 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 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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