Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+6)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+32 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-9 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+10,300M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+135 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+1024)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+9.07 TFLOPS)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+35.90 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1449)
B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+2.66 GPixel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+0.6)
- + Normalized score (+22.3)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+6) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+2 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s (+32 GB/s) | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 192 bit (+64 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+35 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-9 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M (+10,300M) | 6,600M |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+135 mm²) | 284 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 (+1024) | 1,536 |
| TMUs | 80 | 96 (+16) |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 (+16) |
| RT cores | 20 | — |
| Tensor cores | 80 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS (+9.07 TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s | 84.96 GPixel/s (+2.66 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s (+35.90 GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 | 24.9 (+0.6) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 (+1449) | 12,618 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 5,659 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 14,818 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 60,911 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 58,130 |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 63.7 (+22.3) |
Only in component A
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In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5050 wins 11 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).