Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+2,100M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+84 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+512)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+1.40 TFLOPS)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+2554)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+4034)
B GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+96 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
  • + TMUs (+32)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+41.98 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+83.95 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+7.9)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+740)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+1162)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+2869)
  • + Normalized score (+0.6)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Release year 2021 (+2) 2019
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 6 GB (+2 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s 288 GB/s (+96 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 192 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 80 W (+5 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-4 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 8,700M (+2,100M) 6,600M
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+84 mm²) 284 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz —
CUDA cores 2,048 (+512) 1,536
TMUs 64 96 (+32)
ROPs 32 48 (+16)
RT cores 16 —
Tensor cores 64 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS (+1.40 TFLOPS) 4.10 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 84.96 GPixel/s (+41.98 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 169.90 GTexel/s (+83.95 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 24.9 (+7.9)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 12,618 (+740)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 5,659 (+1162)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 14,818 (+2869)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 (+2554) 60,911
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 (+4034) 58,130
Normalized score 63.1 63.7 (+0.6)

Only in component A

ReBAR

Only in component B

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Delta
Assassin's Creed Mirage 55 FPS 66 FPS 20% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 32 FPS 28 FPS +14.3% (A)
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 54 FPS 20% (B)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 111 FPS 19.4% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 147 FPS +15.6% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 86 FPS 30.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 54 FPS 17.4% (B)
Dota 2 118 FPS 121 FPS 2.5% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 120 FPS 14.3% (B)
F1 22 86 FPS 117 FPS 36% (B)
F1 23 87 FPS 109 FPS 25.3% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 93 FPS 36.8% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 55 FPS 25% (B)
Fortnite 110 FPS 120 FPS 9.1% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 134 FPS 48.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 107 FPS 23% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 124 FPS 30.5% (B)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 54 FPS 10.2% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 75 FPS 50% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 52 FPS 52.9% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 103 FPS 27.2% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 93 FPS 31% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 67 FPS 19.6% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 209 FPS 39.3% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 64 FPS 3.2% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti wins 13 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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