GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1060
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060
207%
GeForce GTX 1060
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 |
| 107% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3060 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060
The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (23 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-300-A1) | vs | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 300 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 3840 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 30 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 1627 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 10 Jul 2016 |
GeForce RTX 3060
118.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
222.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
14220.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
142
GeForce GTX 1060
73
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
131
GeForce GTX 1060
75
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3060
101
GeForce GTX 1060
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
46
GeForce GTX 1060
25
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
71
GeForce GTX 1060
32
FPS (higher is better)
Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
152
GeForce GTX 1060
74
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
123
GeForce GTX 1060
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 1060
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
107
GeForce GTX 1060
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
101
GeForce GTX 1060
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3060
69
GeForce GTX 1060
31
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
37
GeForce GTX 1060
19
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
56
GeForce GTX 1060
28
FPS (higher is better)
Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
100
GeForce GTX 1060
49
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
82
GeForce GTX 1060
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
90
GeForce GTX 1060
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
61
GeForce GTX 1060
31
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
61
GeForce GTX 1060
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3060
39
GeForce GTX 1060
19
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
20
GeForce GTX 1060
10
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060
35
GeForce GTX 1060
16
FPS (higher is better)
Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
50
GeForce GTX 1060
25
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
44
GeForce GTX 1060
17
FPS (higher is better)