GeForce3 Ti500 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking186not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money30.12no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameN18E-G0NV20 A5
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date23 April 2019 (4 years old)1 October 2001 (22 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $349
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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed1455 MHz240 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate152.61.920

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce3 Ti500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Lengthno data183 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB64 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)8.0
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 23 April 2019 1 October 2001
Cost $229 $349
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 150 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce3 Ti500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce3 Ti500 is a desktop one.


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