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GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks (8% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER takes 2 (24562% in 3DMark Port Royal). On llama3.1:8b, the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB generates 34.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 16.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per databasemart.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

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Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vram gb 86
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —125
cuda cores —1408

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Club386, Notebookcheck, Modders Inc, PCTestBench, Tom's Hardware, HWBOT, TechPowerUp and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Club386, Notebookcheck		 15,843 points15,070 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —15,855 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench		 —3,299 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, HWBOT		 7 fps1,677 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 1,240 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 1,338 points1,248 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —5,670 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark		 6,919 points6,421 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —5,979 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench		 —2,876 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —807 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 12,491 points12,683 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks (8% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER takes 2 (24562% in 3DMark Port Royal).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB generates 34.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 16.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (per databasemart.com), best community run on file for each.

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