NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Full Specs

Summary

2,304 Shaders 1.47GHz	1,408 Shaders 1.78GHz
6GB GDDR6168GB/s	6GB GDDR5192GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 6.77 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 5.03 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 70W	TDP 120W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB216.8 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x21.56

GeForce GTX 166010.05 TFLOPSFP16

x1

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1785MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 216.8 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 10.05 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 27.1 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 54.19 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 13.55 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 27.1 TFLOPS	-
BF16 6.77 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 13.55 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 27.1 TFLOPS	-
Tensor TF32 6.77 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 -
FP32 6.77 TFLOPS	FP32 5.03 TFLOPS
FP64 105.8 GFLOPS	FP64 157.1 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 108.4 TOPS	Tensor INT4 -
Tensor INT8 54.19 TOPS	-
Ray 10.22 TOPS	Ray -
Pixel Rate 47 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 85.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 105.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 157.1 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,304 Shaders	Shaders 1,408 Shaders
TMUs 72 TMUs	TMUs 88 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
Tensor Cores 72 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 18 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
SMs 18 SMs	SMs 22 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.04GHz	Base Clock 1.53GHz
Boost Clock 1.47GHz	Boost Clock 1.78GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 1.5MB shared

Memory

6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR5
Memory Bus 96-bit	Memory Bus 192-bit
Memory Speed 14GT/s	Memory Speed 8GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 168GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 192GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 70W	TDP 120W
Max Temp -	Max Temp 95°C Max

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.2

Ports

3x DisplayPort 1.4	1x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1	-
-	1x HDMI 2.0
-	1x DVI-D Dual-Link

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 7	Encoder Model NVENC 7
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 5	Decoder Model NVDEC 4
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 1.9-Slots	PCIe -
Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 242 mm (9.53") Depth 38 mm (1.5")	-
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Ampere	Architecture Turing
Family GeForce 30	Family GeForce 16
Branding	Branding
Codename NV177	Codename NV168
Chip Variant GA107-140-A1	Chip Variant TU116-250-KA-A1
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Feb 2, 2024	Release Date Mar 14, 2019

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 8N	Fabrication Node 12FFN
Die Size 200mm²	Die Size 284mm²
Transistor Count 8.7 Billion	Transistor Count 6.6 Billion
Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 23.24 MTr/mm²

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