ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
vs
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 GPU ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
3584 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 72
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.569 GHz
1.807 GHz Boost Clock 1.809 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

170 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

275 mm Length 242 mm
135 mm Height 130 mm
54 mm Width 43 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

KO-RTX3060-12G-GAMING Part-no DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2016
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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