NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

General info

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

164
Place in performance rating
109
34.16
Value for money (0-100)
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Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP106
Code name
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Laptop
Type
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18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
11 May 2021 (less than a year ago)
$237.11
Launch price (MSRP)
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$240 (1x MSRP)
Price now
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38.74
Value for money
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N17E-G1
GPU code name
GN20-P0
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

1280
Pipelines
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1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1238 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,400 million
Transistor count
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16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
133.6
Texture fill rate
102.0
4,275 gflops
Floating-point performance
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94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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1280
CUDA cores
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1500 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
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80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
large
Laptop size
large
-
SLI options
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

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

DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
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G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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2.2
HDCP
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Technologies

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

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
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+
Surround
no data
+
Multi-Projection
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Ansel
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+
Virtual Reality
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+
ShadowWorks
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GameStream
no data
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DSR
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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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4.5
OpenGL
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1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 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) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 83 62 51 39 29 15
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 108 71.4 66.3 64.9 41.5 21.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 168 128 98 66 48 26
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 200 110 68.5 45.9 28.1 14.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 156 84.1 75.8 73.2 46.3 23.1
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 4 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

5.19% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 192 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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