nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory640
Cores112.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 1050
$109 • Oct 2016
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 75 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1455 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.1 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 640 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 40 | 112 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1752 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 46.56 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.1 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1.862 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 3300 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
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