GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G and the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is 1.552 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus has a TDP of 130 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 130 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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) --

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus 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
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 223 mm long, 121 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is 170 mm long, 125 mm high and -- wide.

223 mm Length 170 mm
121 mm Height 125 mm
39 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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060WF2-3GD Part-no NE63050019P1-190AE
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2022
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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
41 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
44 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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