NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1708 MHz
937.9x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 133.6 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
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 444
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 8160
Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 31098

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1708 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 444
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 8160
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 31098

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

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 (Laptop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

444

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

8160

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

31098

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	444
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	8160
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	31098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3677

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	GP106B
Launch date	2022	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	88	385
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$237.11
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1708 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	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	120 Watt
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Transistor count		4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready