NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.11 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 18 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-KA-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 18
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 18

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is 1.760 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.510 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.760 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

125 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

145 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER was released in Q4/2019.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2022
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
4 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
15 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)
8 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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