GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17P-G1 Max-Q
GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
May 2017
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1341 - 1480 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1063 - 1265 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
60 - 70 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
118.4
142.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6.144 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
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
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3
VR Ready
+
-