GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
June 2017
February 2024
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1480 MHz
1470 MHz
Core clock speed
1265 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
118.4
105.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
168.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.0
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3