NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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Graphics Processor

GPU model GP106 GA106
GPU variant GP106-300-A1 GA106-150-A1
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Foundry TSMC Samsung
Manufacturing process 16 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 4,400 million 13,250 million
Die size 200 mm² 276 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Aug 18th, 2016 2022
Generation GeForce 10 GeForce 30
Predecessor GeForce 900 GeForce 20
Successor GeForce 20
Production End-of-life Unreleased
Launch price 199 USD
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews 117 in our database
gpu.details.availability 2022

Clocks

Base clock 1506 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost clock 1708 MHz 1777 MHz
Memory clock 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 3 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 224.0 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 1152 2560
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 48 48
SM count 9 20
Cache L1 48 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
Cache L2 1536 KB 2 MB
Tensor cores 80
RT cores 20

Performance

Pixel rate 81.98 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture rate 123.0 GTexel/s 142.2 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 61.49 GFLOPS (1:64) 9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float) performance 3.935 TFLOPS 9.098 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length 250 mm 9.8 inches 242 mm 9.5 inches
TDP 120 W 90 W
Suggested PSU 300 W 250 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Board number PG410 SKU 20
Width 112 mm 4.4 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 6.1 8.6
Shader model 6.4 6.6

Other Features

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