(Image credit: Future) Nvidia RTX 3060 vs GTX 1060 performanceĪ spec sheet might be fun to look at and say something like “hey, look, these numbers are higher than the other numbers”, but ultimately it doesn’t mean much if the real-world performance doesn’t match up. So, while the RTX 3060 is significantly more expensive this time around, you are getting an incredibly powerful graphics card, especially when you compare it with the GTX 1060. The 2016 graphics card, by comparison, has 1,280 CUDA cores, 80 TMUs and 48 ROPs.Īlong with a higher Total Graphics Power (TGP) rating of 170W vs 120W, the RTX 3060 is a much more powerful piece of hardware on paper. Packed with 3,584 CUDA cores, 48 ROPs and 112 texture mapping units (TMPs), the RTX 3060 is a massive jump in raw silicon over the GTX 1060. But that’s not what makes the RTX 3060 up to 2.2x more powerful than the GTX 1060.
For comparison’s sake, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has, well, 6GB of GDDR5, also on a 192-bit bus. The RTX 3060 has double the VRAM – we’re not counting the 3GB version of the GTX 1060 – at 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. Once you take a glance at the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 spec sheet, that $80 jump in starting price might start to look a little less heinous. (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia RTX 3060 vs GTX 1060 specs If you don’t have more disposable income than you did five years ago when you bought the GTX 1060, the higher asking price for the Nvidia RTX 3060 could understandably be a deal breaker. That means that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is nearly a hundred bucks or quid more expensive. Pascal-generation graphics cards were the last time graphics cards were affordable for a lot of people, with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 starting at $249 for third-party cards, and $299 for Nvidia’s own Founder’s Edition. Things change drastically once you look at the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, though.
When compared to the last generation, this falls largely in line with where you would find the Nvidia RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2060. The closest right now is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which is a tad more expensive at $399 (about £299, AU$540). The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is starting at $329 (£299, AU$729), making it the cheapest Nvidia Ampere graphics card yet. Unfortunately, now that the RTX 3060 is here, it looks like that’s not going to change any time soon.
When Nvidia launched its RTX 2000 series of graphics cards based on the Turing architecture, the company faced a lot of criticism for substantially raising the prices across its lineup.
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