GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP107
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2019
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1442 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1366 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,300 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
69.22
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
96 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
84.1 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2