Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
152
123
91
47
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
226
170
122
67
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
114
104
81
47
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
86
70
55
26
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
45
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
82
66
48
30
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
92
83
51
23
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
139
129
97
52
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High12650
1080p Ultra10337
1440p Ultra7727
4K Ultra4413
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy117084203
Solar Bay5434411205
Port Royal6969838
Fire Strike2956113131
Night Raid10936654567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur185.1 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection108.4 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.17 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.54 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.15 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching478 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15183 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark988747
DirectX 11163 fps72 fps
DirectX 1279 fps37 fps
GPU Compute10075 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)733.4 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase614.3 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)523.6 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2676.1 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 23657.2 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.8 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation36701538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 2, 2020 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP106
Price 399 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 4864 1280
TMUs 152 80
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 38 10
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 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 4.4 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 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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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