GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.56 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.10 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1920 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 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
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 1.777 GHz.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA 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 94 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

150 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA is 16 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 16 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

253 mm Length 168 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
16 mm Width 42 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 437 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

70NSH6DS2HRZ Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2022
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
66 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 KATANA
8 GB GDDR5
93 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
8 GB GDDR6
99 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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