Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
110
67
60
39
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High10021
1080p Ultra8015
1440p Ultra5811
4K Ultra32-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy87481735
Solar Bay40964n/a
Port Royal5142n/a
Fire Strike223086771
Night Raid9883127045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur149.6 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark961457
DirectX 11128 fps38 fps
DirectX 1269 fps20 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps174.9 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps160.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps143.1 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps650.7 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps631.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps231 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.4759.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA106 GP107
Price 329 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 3584 640
TMUs 112 40
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 28 5
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 170 W 75 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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