GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Dec 2020
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GeForce GTX 1050
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    498%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

398% 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 1050

125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 3060 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce GTX 1050
GPU NameGA104 (GA104-200-A1)vsGP107 (GP107-300-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs14 nm
Die Size392 mm²vs132 mm²
Transistors17,400 millionvs3,300 million
Shaders4864vs640
Compute Units38vs5
Core clock1410 MHzvs1354 MHz
ROPs80vs32
TMUs152vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce GTX 1050
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce GTX 1050
TDP200 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date1 Dec 2020vs25 Oct 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    133.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    43.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    253.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    54.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    448.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    112.10 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    16200.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    1733.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    168
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    122
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25

FPS (higher is better)