GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
109
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
11 May 2021 (less than a year ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$498 (1.7x MSRP)
Price now
no data
GP106
GPU code name
GN20-P0
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1238 MHz
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
136.7
Texture fill rate
102.0
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1709 MHz
Boost clock speed
1500 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
no data
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
250 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
9028 MHz
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
216.7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is the additional functionality.

6.1
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
no data
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

44.07% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 216.7 GB/s)

So, GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile .

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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