ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1152 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 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 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 130 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 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

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 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 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 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 No LED lighting

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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

174 mm Length 172 mm
111 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width 47 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 published in Q3/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

ZT-P10610A-10L Part-no NE63050018P1-1070B
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2023
199 $ (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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
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)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1 Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost V1
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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