NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 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. 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 3060 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2057.7x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 4864 vs 1152
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 9796
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 772
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 32384
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 115.073
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 1325.07
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 8.057
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 31.946
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 425.709
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 10566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3697
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3338
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 10566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3697
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3338
  • 17.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 156
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 18 August 2016
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4864 vs 1152
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 vs 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 vs 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 vs 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 vs 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 vs 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 vs 156

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • 4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
9796
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
772
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4756.579
1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
156
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 772
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 156

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA104 GP106
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 18 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $199
Place in performance rating 104 388
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1708 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4864 1152
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s 123.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 3,935 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

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 8 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5