NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1493 MHz
  • 3332.2x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
  • 5.6x more pipelines: 3584 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 961 vs 292
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16857 vs 4463
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 vs 1 February 2017
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1493 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 961 vs 292
PassMark - G3D Mark 16857 vs 4463

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 3.7x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2084 vs 1997
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2084 vs 1997

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1997
2084
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
961
292
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16857
4463
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1997 2084
PassMark - G2D Mark 961 292
PassMark - G3D Mark 16857 4463
Geekbench - OpenCL 17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA104 GP106B
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 1 February 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 74 595
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1493 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1354 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 640
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 59.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 112.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection