RTX 3050 4GB Mobile vs GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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Combined performance score

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
26.34
+6.2%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking186199
Place by popularitynot in top-10062
Value for money30.11no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN18E-G0GN20-P0
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 April 2019 (4 years old)11 May 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data
Current price$682 (3x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15362048
Core clock speed1455 MHz1238 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate152.6no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

Memory

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 speed12000 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_2
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 26.34
+6.2%
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 24.80

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 49309
+14.1%
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 43216

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 14% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 20119
+27.9%
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 15725

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 28% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 14818
+21.2%
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 12229

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 21% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 97517
+48%
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 65911

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 4GB Mobile by 48% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 419800
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile 480364
+14.4%

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile outperforms GTX 1660 Ti Mobile by 14% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD89
+39.1%
64
−39.1%
1440p58
+31.8%
44
−31.8%
4K35
+34.6%
26
−34.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 86
+30.3%
66
−30.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80
+63.3%
45−50
−63.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+13.8%
58
−13.8%
Battlefield 5 111
+19.4%
93
−19.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 104
+60%
65−70
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 68
+30.8%
52
−30.8%
Far Cry 5 93
+36.8%
68
−36.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 88
+6%
83
−6%
Forza Horizon 4 134
+61.4%
80−85
−61.4%
Hitman 3 116
+13.7%
102
−13.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 83
+10.7%
75
−10.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 77
+92.5%
40−45
−92.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
+16.9%
71
−16.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 82
+24.2%
66
−24.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 69
+40.8%
45−50
−40.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 49
+53.1%
32
−53.1%
Battlefield 5 103
+15.7%
89
−15.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 87
+33.8%
65−70
−33.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+31.7%
41
−31.7%
Far Cry 5 89
+39.1%
64
−39.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 85
+10.4%
77
−10.4%
Forza Horizon 4 125
+50.6%
80−85
−50.6%
Hitman 3 95
+33.8%
71
−33.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65
+10.2%
59
−10.2%
Metro Exodus 54
+10.2%
49
−10.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 41
+2.5%
40−45
−2.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 73
+19.7%
61
−19.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+27.2%
81
−27.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 71
+24.6%
57
−24.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+8.2%
45−50
−8.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+75%
24
−75%
Battlefield 5 94
+13.3%
83
−13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+52.9%
34
−52.9%
Far Cry 5 83
+36.1%
61
−36.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 76
+15.2%
66
−15.2%
Forza Horizon 4 99
+19.3%
80−85
−19.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+19.6%
46
−19.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 33
+26.9%
26
−26.9%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 59
+55.3%
35−40
−55.3%
Hitman 3 59
+34.1%
44
−34.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 43
−7%
46
+7%
Metro Exodus 30
+3.4%
29
−3.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 26
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 46
+9.5%
42
−9.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+33.3%
27−30
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+45.5%
22
−45.5%
Battlefield 5 69
+4.5%
66
−4.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
+38.9%
18
−38.9%
Far Cry 5 60
+22.4%
49
−22.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 60
+15.4%
52
−15.4%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+5.9%
50−55
−5.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+6.7%
30−33
−6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 23
+21.1%
19
−21.1%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+73.7%
18−20
−73.7%
Hitman 3 31
+47.6%
21
−47.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 19
+11.8%
17
−11.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
+4.3%
23
−4.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
+20.7%
29
−20.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 22
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 13
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 38
+8.6%
35
−8.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+66.7%
6
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 31
+63.2%
19
−63.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 32
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+5.7%
35−40
−5.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 13
+18.2%
10−12
−18.2%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and RTX 3050 4GB Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 39.1% faster than RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 31.8% faster than RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 34.6% faster than RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 92.5% faster than the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is 33.3% faster than the GTX 1660 Ti Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is ahead in 65 tests (96%)
  • RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 26.34 24.80
Recency 23 April 2019 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 60 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile. The differences in performance seem too small.


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