NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1480 MHz
1008.4x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB

Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 1480 MHz
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 3 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1265 MHz vs 1237 MHz
5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1265 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	GP106
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	132	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1480 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1265 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2560	1280
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA