NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1670 MHz
1064.4x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 130 Watt
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5569
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5034
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5034

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA106	GP106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	52	278
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1670 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1404 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1280
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
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)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA