MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB, which has 2304 shaders and 18 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA107-325-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 18
1280 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
80 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 18

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 168 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 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 168 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 96 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB is 1.042 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.042 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.537 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB has a TDP of 70 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 70 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB 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
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 is 243 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB is 201 mm long, 120 mm high and 37 mm wide.

243 mm Length 201 mm
115 mm Height 120 mm
39 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
556 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB was introduced in Q1/2024 at a price of 179 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no DUAL-RTX3050-O6G
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2024
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 179 $ (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.

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GT OCV1
6 GB GDDR5
75 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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