NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GP106

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GP106
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
1152 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
1708MHz
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
0.06 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Pascal
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
NV136
GP106
Variant
GP106-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
8/18/2016
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1152 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
9 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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1506MHz Base
1708MHz
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
0.06 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
3.94 TFLOPS
TF32
25.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
122.976 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
120W
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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