GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
3584 Shader 3072
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 192
28 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is 15.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.938 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.938 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.5 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 496 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

170 W TDP 250 W
180 W TDP (up) 280 W
93 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

296 mm Length 307 mm
117 mm Height 169 mm
56 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1401 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2019
459 $ Launch Price 929 $
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)

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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