Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
132
85
77
55
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
152
123
91
47
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
226
170
122
67
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
114
104
81
47
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
86
70
55
26
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
45
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
82
66
48
30
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
92
83
51
23
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
139
129
97
52
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High12646
1080p Ultra10335
1440p Ultra7725
4K Ultra4412
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy117083863
Solar Bay543449888
Port Royal6969824
Fire Strike2956112267
Night Raid10936650787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur185.1 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection108.4 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.17 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.54 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.15 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching478 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15183 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark988772
DirectX 11163 fps71 fps
DirectX 1279 fps35 fps
GPU Compute10075 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)733.4 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase614.3 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)523.6 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex2676.1 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 23657.2 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.8 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation36701404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 2, 2020 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP106
Price 399 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 4864 1152
TMUs 152 72
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 38 9
Ray Tracing Cores 38 No
Tensor Cores 152 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 133 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 253 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 200 W 120 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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