GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
12990
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
142.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3