GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
December 2020
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1665 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
4864
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
253.1
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.5
Vulkan
1.3
1.2