NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) (Ampere) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has the GA107 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GA107 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Turing
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2048 Shader 1408
32 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 88
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.185 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.477 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 45 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

45 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 95 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 8 lanes and requires -- space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

-- Length 145 mm
-- Height 111 mm
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2019
-- Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
77 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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