GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GTX 1050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 with GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1050
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
13.05

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms GTX 1050 by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking384164
Place by popularity1668
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.02no data
Power efficiency12.5529.33
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6403840
Core clock speed1290 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz1425 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.20171.0
Floating-point processing power1.862 TFLOPS10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs40120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI-no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 13.05
RTX 3060 Mobile 32.52
+149%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1050 5036
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+149%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 32463
RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+76.6%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 8571
RTX 3060 Mobile 27419
+220%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1050 6797
RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+203%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 40922
RTX 3060 Mobile 104826
+156%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 349683
RTX 3060 Mobile 466087
+33.3%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD42
−136%
99
+136%
1440p24
−183%
68
+183%
4K23
−78.3%
41
+78.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
−415%
103
+415%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38
−84.2%
70−75
+84.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−262%
76
+262%
Battlefield 5 43
−147%
100−110
+147%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−154%
65−70
+154%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
−330%
86
+330%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−143%
70−75
+143%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−128%
80−85
+128%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−101%
170−180
+101%
Hitman 3 24−27
−324%
106
+324%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−109%
140−150
+109%
Metro Exodus 46
−257%
164
+257%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−122%
80−85
+122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 52
−121%
110−120
+121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−61.6%
110−120
+61.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49
−42.9%
70−75
+42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−205%
64
+205%
Battlefield 5 35
−203%
100−110
+203%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−154%
65−70
+154%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
−245%
69
+245%
Far Cry 5 33
−121%
70−75
+121%
Far Cry New Dawn 16
−413%
80−85
+413%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−101%
170−180
+101%
Hitman 3 24−27
−332%
108
+332%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−178%
189
+178%
Metro Exodus 37
−249%
129
+249%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−183%
102
+183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35
−351%
158
+351%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−113%
65−70
+113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
−116%
158
+116%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
−367%
70−75
+367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−167%
56
+167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−154%
65−70
+154%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
−210%
62
+210%
Far Cry 5 23
−217%
70−75
+217%
Forza Horizon 4 34
−409%
170−180
+409%
Hitman 3 24−27
−284%
96
+284%
Horizon Zero Dawn 26
−362%
120
+362%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 31
−352%
140
+352%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
−290%
78
+290%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+58.7%
46
−58.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−167%
96
+167%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−148%
60−65
+148%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−169%
35−40
+169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−380%
48
+380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−171%
35−40
+171%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−457%
39
+457%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−153%
35−40
+153%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−188%
180−190
+188%
Hitman 3 16−18
−300%
64
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−215%
85
+215%
Metro Exodus 25
−240%
85
+240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−461%
101
+461%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−238%
40−45
+238%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−43.2%
116
+43.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−281%
80
+281%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−146%
30−35
+146%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−189%
24−27
+189%
Hitman 3 9−10
−356%
41
+356%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
−154%
160−170
+154%
Metro Exodus 12
−400%
60
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
−267%
55
+267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−83.3%
11
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−233%
20−22
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−650%
15
+650%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−165%
45−50
+165%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
−445%
60
+445%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−280%
19
+280%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−267%
44
+267%

This is how GTX 1050 and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 136% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 183% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 78% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 is 59% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.05 32.52
Recency 25 October 2016 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1050 has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 149.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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