Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p High4666
1080p Ultra3552
1440p Ultra2537
4K Ultra1219
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spy38635368
Solar Bay988824168
Port Royal824571
Fire Strike1226713483
Night Raid5078755763
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur92.6 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Mark772497
DirectX 1171 fps76 fps
DirectX 1235 fps49 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s4323 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fps362.7 fps
Car Chase280.4 fps340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fps277 fps
T-Rex1203.9 fps1375.2 fps
ALU 25992 fps1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1404.62008

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 18, 2016 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Codename GP106 GA107 (GN20-P1)
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 1152 2560
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 9 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 16 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 3 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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