NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GA107 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2048 Shader 1280
40 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 80
16 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 216 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.257 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 9.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 216 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 1.506 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 80 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

80 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has a total of 0 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.

-- Length 277 mm
-- Height 140 mm
-- Width 39 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1017 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) was released in Q2/2021 at a price of --.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2016
-- Launch Price 249 $ (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)

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 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
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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