GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GP106

GN20-E3 GA106

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

August 2016

January 2021

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1708 MHz

1283 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

13,250 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1152

3840

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

60 Watt

Texture fill rate

123.0

153.8

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

3 GB

6 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

8008 MHz

12 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

192.2 GB/s

264.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

6.1

8.6

OpenCL

1.2

2.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.5

Vulkan

1.2