GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

GN20-P0

TU116

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

May 2021

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

Boost clock speed

1500 MHz

1335 MHz

Core clock speed

1238 MHz

1140 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

6,600 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

Memory bus width

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

12000 MHz

8000 MHz

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

HDMI

DirectX

12_2

12.0 (12_1)

OpenGL

4.6