GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2018
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1740 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
111.4
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3