NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB 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 - 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 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1670 MHz
  • 1489.5x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 133.6 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 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 12021
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 12021
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 15 August 2016
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 133.6 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 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 12021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 4.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3717
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3356
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3717
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5569 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5034 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5569 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5034 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
5034
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107
PassMark - G2D Mark 971
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 5034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 5034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA106 GP106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 134 278
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1404 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 133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

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)

API support

DirectX 12.2
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 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

Technologies

CUDA