The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.81 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.93 TFLOPS.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.630 GHz
Boost Clock
1.807 GHz
1.905 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.78 GHz
1.78 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 has a turbo clock of 1.807 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is 1.905 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
TDP
170 W
225 W
TDP (up)
210 W
335 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 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 5700 XT Gaming is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 99 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Fan-Type
Axial
MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial)
Fan 1
3 x 95 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
32-34 dB
45 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
MSI Mystic Light
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
Length
300 mm
297 mm
Height
134 mm
140 mm
Width
54 mm
58 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
1,123 g
1,406 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is 54 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is 54 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 +16.0 %
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.
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.
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) ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 +32.6 %
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