NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

N/A Jul 2016 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3090

$919.99 Aug 2020 View Details

$919.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W $919.99 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	6 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
TDP	120 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1280	10496
RT Cores	N/A	82
TMUs	80	328
ROPs	48	112
Memory Bus	192-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	300 W	750 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

21950 (+437%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

211669 (+440%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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

247.5 FPS (+353%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

26671 (+165%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (75 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+274%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+294%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+296%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 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 3090 (+316%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+332%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+361%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+208%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+336%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+375%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+212%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+289%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+305%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+311%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+327%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+313%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+181%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+245%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+281%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 75 benchmarks across 25 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+287.2%

139

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090