ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3050 Twin Edge OC $300
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti $279
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1807MHz
1536 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1770MHz
FP32
9.25 TFLOPS
FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
FP16
9.25 TFLOPS
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
130W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 71,805
24%
GB5 OpenCL 60,890
20%
GB5 CUDA 73,995
31%
GB5 CUDA 65,665
28%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 57,700
28%
GB5 Vulkan 52,680
26%
OCT 2020.1 180
24%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
ZOTAC
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-150-KA-A1
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/27/2022
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
276 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
24 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1552MHz Base
1807MHz
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1500MHz Base
1770MHz
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FP16
9.25 TFLOPS
37.01 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
9.25 TFLOPS
FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
TF32
18.5 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.17 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
18.1 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
86.736 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
84.96 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
144.56 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
3MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
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TDP
130W
TDP
120W
Temp
93°C Max
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
4
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
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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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
116.3 mm (4.58 in)
Width
224.1 mm (8.82 in)
Depth
39.2 mm (1.54 in)
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