Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1152 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is 1.777 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 170 mm
112 mm Height 125 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

426018336-3798 Part-no NE63060019K9-190AE
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 369 $
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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
58 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)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)

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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