Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU104 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
2560 Shader 1152
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 72
40 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is 1.746 GHz.

1.605 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

215 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 277 mm
112 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1010 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER was released in Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

471056224-1044 Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
62 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
74 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
148 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
66 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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