GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Summary
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
118%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB |
| 18% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-150-A1) | vs | TU116 (TU116-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | vs | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 6,600 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 1408 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1552 MHz | vs | 1530 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 88 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 125 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jan 2022 | vs | 29 Oct 2019 |
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
85.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
85.68 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
142.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
157.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
9098.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5020.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
56
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
115
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
94
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
71
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
72
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
123
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
104
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
90
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
43
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
86
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
51
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
51
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
80
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
66
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
60
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
51
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
26
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
6
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
41
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
34
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
31
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
25
FPS (higher is better)