GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking246not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.00no data
Power efficiency26.17no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15362048
Core clock speed1140 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speed1335 MHz1057 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate128.267.65
Floating-point processing power4.101 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs9664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s176.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2019 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 71.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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