GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC)
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.02 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.87 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.36 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
5888 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 112
46 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 1.867 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

220 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 102 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
2 x 92 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

330 mm Length 296 mm
142 mm Height 117 mm
58 mm Width 56 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) was released in Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

37NSL6MD2HDD Part-no GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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