Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060
  • + Release year (+5)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+8 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+248 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-6 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+8,700M)
  • + CUDA cores (+3072)
  • + TMUs (+72)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.76 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+40.76 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+132.18 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+2.7)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+10581)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+5961)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+14204)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+67597)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+70128)
  • + Normalized score (+31.8)
B GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
  • + Die size (mm²) (+144 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
 Component B
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Release year 2021 (+5) 2016
VRAM (GB) 12 GB (+8 GB) 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock (MHz) — —
Bandwidth (GB/s) 360 GB/s (+248 GB/s) 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+64 bit) 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 80 W (+5 W) 75 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-6 nm) 14 nm
Transistors (M) 12,000M (+8,700M) 3,300M
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² 132 mm² (+144 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,840 (+3072) 768
TMUs 120 (+72) 48
ROPs 48 (+16) 32
RT cores 30 —
Tensor cores 120 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS (+8.76 TFLOPS) 2.18 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 85.30 GPixel/s (+40.76 GPixel/s) 44.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 199.00 GTexel/s (+132.18 GTexel/s) 66.82 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 18.5 (+2.7) 15.8
PassMark (overall) 16,944 (+10581) 6,363
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 (+5961) 2,261
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 (+14204) 7,485
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 (+67597) 20,654
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 (+70128) 19,790
Normalized score 72.5 (+31.8) 40.8

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Delta
Alan Wake Remastered 82 FPS 29 FPS +182.8% (A)
Anno 1800 80 FPS 39 FPS +105.1% (A)
Apex Legends 135 FPS 43 FPS +214% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 57 FPS 15 FPS +280% (A)
Battlefield 2042 74 FPS 13 FPS +469.2% (A)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 57 FPS +93% (A)
Borderlands 3 84 FPS 28 FPS +200% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 60 FPS 22 FPS +172.7% (A)
Call of Duty Vanguard 99 FPS 24 FPS +312.5% (A)
Civilization 6 149 FPS 42 FPS +254.8% (A)
Control 78 FPS 22 FPS +254.5% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 70 FPS +142.9% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 27 FPS +281.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 42 FPS 17 FPS +147.1% (A)
Death Stranding 99 FPS 36 FPS +175% (A)
Deathloop 72 FPS 21 FPS +242.9% (A)
Dirt 5 77 FPS 19 FPS +305.3% (A)
Dota 2 131 FPS 98 FPS +33.7% (A)
Dying Light 2 64 FPS 17 FPS +276.5% (A)
Elden Ring 59 FPS 26 FPS +126.9% (A)
Elex 2 73 FPS 21 FPS +247.6% (A)
F1 2020 138 FPS 63 FPS +119% (A)
F1 22 113 FPS 48 FPS +135.4% (A)
FIFA 21 121 FPS 142 FPS 17.4% (B)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 48 FPS +133.3% (A)
Far Cry 6 75 FPS 29 FPS +158.6% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 89 FPS 42 FPS +111.9% (A)
Farming Simulator 22 120 FPS 46 FPS +160.9% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 55 FPS 23 FPS +139.1% (A)
Flight Simulator 2020 63 FPS 17 FPS +270.6% (A)
Fortnite 140 FPS 75 FPS +86.7% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 67 FPS +64.2% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 40 FPS +200% (A)
GRID 2019 95 FPS 34 FPS +179.4% (A)
GRID Legends 131 FPS 42 FPS +211.9% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 120 FPS 60 FPS +100% (A)
Ghostwire Tokyo 122 FPS 33 FPS +269.7% (A)
God of War 73 FPS 12 FPS +508.3% (A)
Hitman 3 111 FPS 40 FPS +177.5% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 76 FPS 31 FPS +145.2% (A)
Hunt Showdown 93 FPS 34 FPS +173.5% (A)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 81 FPS 23 FPS +252.2% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 86 FPS 33 FPS +160.6% (A)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 31 FPS +161.3% (A)
Need for Speed Heat 102 FPS 42 FPS +142.9% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Rage 2 116 FPS 32 FPS +262.5% (A)
Rainbow Six Extraction 155 FPS 42 FPS +269% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 24 FPS +416.7% (A)
Riders Republic 86 FPS 29 FPS +196.6% (A)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 133 FPS 33 FPS +303% (A)
Serious Sam 4 75 FPS 22 FPS +240.9% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 116 FPS 31 FPS +274.2% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 99 FPS 47 FPS +110.6% (A)
Star Wars Squadrons 178 FPS 85 FPS +109.4% (A)
The Division 2 115 FPS 35 FPS +228.6% (A)
The Quarry 76 FPS 24 FPS +216.7% (A)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 46 FPS +208.7% (A)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 21 FPS +285.7% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 95 FPS 24 FPS +295.8% (A)
Valorant 190 FPS 110 FPS +72.7% (A)
Vampire Bloodhunt 157 FPS 58 FPS +170.7% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 27 FPS +129.6% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 44 FPS +40.9% (A)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 105 FPS 33 FPS +218.2% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3060 wins 20 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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