ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G has 4864 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 38 execution units.
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1280 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
80 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G is 1.665 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 230 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
38 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 584 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was released in Q3/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

TURBO-GTX1060-6G Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 419 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
166 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

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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