PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1152 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.822 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 80 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED iGame Energy Core

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

252 mm Length 310 mm
112 mm Height 132 mm
39 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1600 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra W OC 12G-V came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

VCGGTX10603PB Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $ (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)

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)

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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