nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 Jul 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	6 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1280	3584
RT Cores	N/A	28
TMUs	80	112
ROPs	48	48
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	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	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

4085

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

8993 (+120%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

91603 (+134%)

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)

54.6 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

109.4 FPS (+100%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

16870 (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (51 benchmarks)

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+88%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+91%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+92%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+104%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+114%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+115%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+82%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+88%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+96%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+115%)

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+110%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+141%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+611%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+700%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+567%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+56%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+62%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+65%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+90%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+92%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+100%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!

Based on 51 benchmarks across 15 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+100.1%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB