GeForce GTX 1660 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1660

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Turing TU116

GN20-P0-R 6 GB

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

March 2019

January 2023

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 8-pin

Boost clock speed

1785 MHz

1492 MHz

Core clock speed

1530 MHz

1237 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

6,600 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1408

2560

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Texture fill rate

157.1

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

8000 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

192.1 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

HDMI

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12_2

CUDA

7.5

OpenCL

1.2

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

Vulkan

1.2.131