GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU116
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
May 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1335 MHz
1057 MHz
Core clock speed
1140 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
-
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
67.65
Memory type
-
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
-
4 GB
Memory bus width
-
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
11 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
176.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12.0 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
-
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.6
Vulkan
-
1.3