NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 605.7x more texture fill rate: 82.80 GTexel/s vs 136.7 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 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57885 vs 35369
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 229.393 vs 119.148
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2082.931 vs 1373.562
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.561 vs 8.694
  • 6.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 134.68 vs 21.766
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 599.217 vs 454.799
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16098 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3340
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16098 vs 12442
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 May 2021 vs 19 July 2016
Texture fill rate 82.80 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10117 vs 10079
Geekbench - OpenCL 57885 vs 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 229.393 vs 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2082.931 vs 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.561 vs 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 134.68 vs 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 599.217 vs 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16098 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16098 vs 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

  • 2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1035 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 497
  • Around 93% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 907 vs 469
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 747 vs 497
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 907 vs 469

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10117
10079
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
497
747
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57885
35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
229.393
119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2082.931
1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.561
8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
134.68
21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
599.217
454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16098
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16098
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
469
907
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 10117 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 497 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 57885 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 229.393 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2082.931 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.561 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 134.68 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 599.217 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16098 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16098 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 469 907

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA106 GP106
Launch date 11 May 2021 19 July 2016
Place in performance rating 276 356
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1035 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 82.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 5.299 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.299 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 1280
Pixel fill rate 49.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 82.80 GTexel/s 136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 250 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5