NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

121
Place in performance rating
31
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
1.25
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP106
Code name
GA106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$420
28.31
Value for money
GP106
GPU code name
Desktop
Market segment

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
3584
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1778 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
13,250 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
198.0
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
CUDA cores
8.6
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
4,400 million
Number of transistors
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
250 mm
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
no data
Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
no data
Width
112 mm 4.4 inches

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
+
G-SYNC support
+
HDMI
1x
no data
DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
6.1
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection
+
G-SYNC

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

46.77% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 170 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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