NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB $179
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti $279
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1470MHz
1536 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
216.76 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
70W
TDP
120W
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 60,890
20%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 65,665
19%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 52,680
26%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-325-K2-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/2/2024
Release Date
2/21/2019
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
72 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
18 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
18 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
24 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1042MHz Base
1470MHz
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1500MHz Base
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
216.76 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
27.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
54.19 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
13.55 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
27.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
110 GFLOPS
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FP64
170 GFLOPS
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BF16
6.77 TFLOPS
13.55 TFLOPS Tensor
27.1 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
6.77 TFLOPS Tensor
13.55 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
108.38 TOPS Tensor
216.76 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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54.19 TOPS Tensor
108.38 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
3.39 TOPS
INT32
5.44 TOPS
Ray Tracing
13.2 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.04 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
84.96 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
105.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
169.92 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
168GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
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TDP
70W
TDP
120W
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Temp
95°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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2x Fans
Not a Card
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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