NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA107GPU NameGP104
GA107-300-A1Model numberGP104-140-KA-A1
AmpereArchitecturePascal
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size16 nm
unknownTransistors7,200 million
unknownDie Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

2021Release DateDec 25th, 2016
GeForce 30FamilyGeForce 10
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 20PredecessorGeForce 900
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus192 bit
224.0 GB/sBandwidth192.2 GB/s

Performance

69.60 GPixel/sPixel fillrate81.98 GPixel/s
125.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate123.0 GTexel/s
8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance61.49 GFLOPS (1:64)
8.018 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.935 TFLOPS
125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance123.0 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1545 MHzBase Clock1506 MHz
1740 MHzBoost Clock1708 MHz
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Clock2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304Shading Units1152
72TMUs72
40ROPs48
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
2 MBL2 Cache1536 KB
18SM Count9

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length250 mm
9.8 inches
90 WThermal design power (TDP)120 W
250 WSuggested PSU300 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4
8.6CUDA6.1