Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX and the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1408 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
88 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 1.552 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX is 168 mm long, 122 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 245 mm long, 119 mm high and 40 mm wide.

168 mm Length 245 mm
122 mm Height 119 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

NE51660018J9-165F Part-no NE63050019P1-190AD
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2022
219 $ (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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
41 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
40 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
44 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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
99 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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