NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 - 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1709 MHz
  • 1455.7x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1280
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 14345
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 14345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 5 January 2018
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 14345

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

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 4.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
14345
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107
PassMark - G2D Mark 971
Geekbench - OpenCL 88335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 304.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4024.711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8755

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA106 GP106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $299
Place in performance rating 127 72
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1506 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 1280
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,375 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) 450 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 12 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5