NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 3050

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3050
Overview
Released
Released	October 2019	January 2022
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,408	2,560 or 2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,785 MHz	1,780 MHz or 1,470 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Single Fan partner card. There is no retail Founders Edition.	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB VERTO Dual Fan partner card. The 6 GB revision went on sale on 2 February 2024. NVIDIA also lists different OEM clocks and core counts; a complete independent OEM specification is not published here.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No hardware RT Cores	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS support	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling
Base clock
Base clock	1,530 MHz	Original 8 GB is 1.55 GHz and 6 GB is 1.04 GHz on NVIDIA's rounded table; PNY specifies 1,552 MHz and 1,042 MHz respectively. NVIDIA rounds the original boost to 1.78 GHz; PNY gives 1,777 MHz.
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6 or 6 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	128-bit or 96-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s	224 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6; PNY publishes 336 GB/sec bandwidth	PNY specifies 14 Gbps GDDR6 for both capacities. Its original 8 GB page publishes 224 GB/sec bandwidth; the 6 GB PDF labels its bandwidth figure as Gbps, so an unambiguous numeric bandwidth is omitted for that revision.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	125 W	130 W or 70 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured PNY Single Fan has DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D; partner layouts vary	PNY 8 GB VERTO has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.1; PNY 6 GB VERTO lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 and DVI-DL, for 3 displays. Check the chosen partner card.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specification	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR, 8K 60 Hz HDR and variable refresh rate
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	Original reference specification and PNY 8 GB VERTO require 1 × 8-pin; NVIDIA and PNY specify no auxiliary connector for the 6 GB version
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 450 W; requirements depend on the system	NVIDIA specifies 550 W for the original 8 GB card and 300 W for 6 GB; requirements depend on the rest of the system
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for PNY's pictured Single Fan and NVIDIA's reference specification	Partner designs vary; PNY's pictured 8 GB VERTO and its 6 GB VERTO are dual-slot cards
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference is 145 × 111 mm; pictured PNY Single Fan is 1.57 × 6.61 × 4.96 inches	No Founders Edition card; pictured PNY 8 GB VERTO is 8.99 × 4.49 × 1.71 inches. PNY 6 GB VERTO is 186.2 × 113 × 38.50 mm.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVIDIA Encoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16	PNY specifies seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fifth-generation Decoder; its 8 GB board is PCIe 4.0 x8 and 6 GB is PCIe 4.0 x16 with x8 active