GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 3GB VRAM GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 's Advantages
Lower TDP (120W vs 170W)
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 2 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 4% (1777MHz vs 1708MHz)
More VRAM (8GB vs 3GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (240.0GB/s vs 192.2GB/s)
2432 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3935
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+223%
12740
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3863
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+91%
7384
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
1771
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+91%
3391
Blender
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
188
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+1229%
2499
OctaneBench
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
76
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+271%
282
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
15
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+200%
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
29
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+193%
85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
44
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+200%
132
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
25
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+112%
53
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
46
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+113%
98
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
67
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
+108%
140
Graphics Card
Aug 2016
Release Date
Oct 2022
GeForce 10
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1506 MHz
Base Clock
1320 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
2002 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
Memory
3GB
Memory Size
8GB
GDDR5
Memory Type
GDDR6
192bit
Memory Bus
128bit
192.2GB/s
Bandwidth
240.0GB/s
Render Config
9
SM Count
28
1152
Shading Units
3584
72
TMUs
112
48
ROPs
48
-
Tensor Cores
112
-
RT Cores
28
48 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
1536 KB
L2 Cache
3 MB
Theoretical Performance
81.98 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
85.30 GPixel/s
123.0 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
61.49 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.74 TFLOPS
3.935 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
12.74 TFLOPS
123.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
199.0 GFLOPS
Board Design
120W
TDP
170W
300 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GP106
GPU Name
GA106
GP106-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA106-302-A1
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
16 nm
Process Size
8 nm
4.4 billion
Transistors
12 billion
200 mm²
Die Size
276 mm²
Graphics Features
12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
6.1
CUDA
8.6
6.4
Shader Model
6.6
