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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 1027 days newer than GeForce GTX 1660.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 120 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 6% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce GTX 1660 - 86 vs 81 FPS
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 - 8 vs 6 GB
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1660
Desktop • Mar 14th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
157.1 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
66.36321195144724%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
90.51559516231698%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 14th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| GeForce 16 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$219 | MSRP | $249 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
| 192.1 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 1530 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
1785 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
2001 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 1660 or GeForce RTX 3050
Horizon Zero Dawn, 1920 x 1080, Ultimate
69 FPS
$10.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$12.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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62 FPS
$15.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 7 5700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$28.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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82 FPS
$19.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700K
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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$12.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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51 FPS
$17.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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60 FPS
$16.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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41 FPS
$25.59/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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69 FPS
$14.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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