EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1152 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.632 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 1.552 GHz.

1.632 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has a TDP of 115 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 168 mm long, 111 mm high and 42 mm wide.

267 mm Length 168 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 437 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW2 GAMING 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

03G-P4-6767-KR Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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