Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus and the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 2944
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 184
28 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 1.515 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has a TDP of 260 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 260 W
-- TDP (up) 310 W
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 34 dB
39 dB Noise (Load) 44 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus is 170 mm long, 125 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 327 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

170 mm Length 327 mm
125 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1553 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 369 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 839 $.

NE63060019K9-190AE Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
369 $ Launch Price 839 $
8 nm Structure size 12 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 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
72 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Pegasus
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
8 GB GDDR6
176 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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