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

8GB GDDR6

Memory

4864

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$399 Nov 2020 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 Ti

$399 • Nov 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

8GB GDDR6 200W $399 Nov 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1665 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1280	4864
RT Cores	N/A	38
TMUs	80	152
ROPs	48	80
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	16.2 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	392 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	17400 Million
Required PSU	300 W	550 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

11980 (+193%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

115518 (+194%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

143 FPS (+162%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

20406 (+102%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (96 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+186%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 184 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+181%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+187%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+123%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+143%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+148%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 56 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 Ti (+146%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+156%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+155%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 46 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 Ti (+146%)

AVG 175 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+156%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+168%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 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 Ti (+177%)

AVG 172 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+180%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+224%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+756%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+860%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+733%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 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 Ti (+114%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+126%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (+139%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Wins!

Based on 96 benchmarks across 30 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+152.6%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti