ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1280 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

6 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 ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 1.320 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 40 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 242 mm long, 130 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

242 mm Length 172 mm
130 mm Height 125 mm
43 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 503 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 389 $.

DUAL-GTX1060-6G Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 389 $
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 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)

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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