GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103 vs Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking392not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA103S
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7684864
Core clock speed1366 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data253.1
Floating-point processing powerno data16.2 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data152
Tensor Coresno data152
Ray Tracing Coresno data38

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 MB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 Ti GA103 has a 272966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GA103 is a desktop one.


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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
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