The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 71 % faster than the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Base Clock
1.410 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.620 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 has a turbo clock of 1.620 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 1.777 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
TDP
175 W
170 W
Tjunction max
89 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 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 89 °C.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
40 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
Length
235 mm
172 mm
Height
112 mm
125 mm
Width
--
43 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
503 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 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.
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.
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