NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1709 MHz
916.6x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	49787
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	GP106
Launch date	2022	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	81	78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1280
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	120 Watt
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	224.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5