GeForce RTX 3050 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 | 217 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 53 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | GP106 | Ampere GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (6 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years 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 | 1552 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1480 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 | 102.0 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| 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 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 130 Watt |
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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