GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	197
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GP106	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$979	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	2560
Core clock speed	1265 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	118.4	no data
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	12_2
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
CUDA	6.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt

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