NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

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GeForce GTX 1660 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 5050

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050
Overview
Released
Released	February 2019	July 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,536	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,770 MHz	2,570 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference figures; no Founders Edition was sold. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS 6G, whose dimensions and outputs are specified below.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1500 MHz	2.31 GHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit (better)	128-bit
Memory detail
Memory detail	12 Gbps GDDR6 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.	–
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	120 W (better)	130 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI VENTUS XS 6G)	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	450 W	550 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	204 × 128 × 42 mm and 669 g (pictured MSI VENTUS XS 6G). NVIDIA's reference dimensions are 145 × 111 mm, two slots; actual partner boards vary.	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC encoder, also used by the contemporary RTX range	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode