GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    150%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

50% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1060
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs16 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders2560vs1280
Compute Units20vs10
Core clock1552 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs80vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1060
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1060
TDP130 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs10 Jul 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    120.50 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    3855.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    115
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    86
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    57

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    17

FPS (higher is better)