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

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (4% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER takes 2 (2% in 3DMark Fire Strike). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates 37.8 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050. Released 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER), 2022 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050). MSRP range: $229 · $249. 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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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
vram gb 68
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 125130
cuda cores 14082560

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Club386, Notebookcheck, 3DMark, GPU-Monkey, Modders Inc, PCTestBench and HWBOT; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Club386, Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 15,070 points14,754 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 15,855 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —7,355 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc, PCTestBench		 3,299 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, GPU-Monkey, 3DMark		 1,677 points3,569 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —980 points
3DMark Speed Way (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,429 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 1,248 points1,337 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 5,670 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 6,421 points6,657 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —6,077 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 5,979 points—

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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Quick answers

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (4% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER takes 2 (2% in 3DMark Fire Strike).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates 37.8 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.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER launched at a $229 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 at $249. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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