Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.10 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1280 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 1.777 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB 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 Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 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 130 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 245 mm
112 mm Height 119 mm
-- Width 40 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 StormX 6GB was released in Q4/2016.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

NE51060015J9-1061F Part-no NE63050019P1-190AD
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2022
249 $ (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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
8 GB GDDR6
99 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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