ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.87 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.36 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.38 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition GPU MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
3584 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 160
28 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has a turbo clock of 1.867 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 2.615 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 2.615 GHz
1.84 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.43 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

170 W TDP 230 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

200 mm Length 279 mm
123 mm Height 131 mm
38 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1179 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition was released in Q1/2021.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

DUAL-RTX3060-O12G Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2021
459 $ Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 7 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
75 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
85 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
77 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition
12 GB GDDR6
136 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING 12G
12 GB GDDR6
196 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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