Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G has 4864 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 38 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1152 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
72 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G is 1.665 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G 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 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G 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 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G 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 GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 242 mm
112 mm Height 124 mm
39 mm Width 41 mm
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, Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

NE51060015F9-1061D Part-no GV-N306TEAGLE-8GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 419 $
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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G
8 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle 8G
8 GB GDDR6
166 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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