GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC


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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 96
112 Texture Units 184
28 Raytracing Cores 46

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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.800 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.77 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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

170 W TDP 220 W
180 W TDP (up) 250 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) 43-45 dB

Connectivity

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

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC 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 ASUS Aura Sync

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 Decode
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

296 mm Length 267 mm
117 mm Height 135 mm
56 mm Width 52 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD Part-no DUAL-RTX3070-O8G
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
459 $ Launch Price 659 $
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)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
136 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
194 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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