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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G is based on the graphics chip Vega 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 5.1 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Memory Size
12 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.000 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
4,096 bit
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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 Radeon VII 16G is 2.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
1.867 GHz
1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.78 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
TDP
170 W
300 W
TDP (up)
180 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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 Radeon VII 16G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
3 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
32 dB
Noise (Load)
34 dB
52 dB
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The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
Non addressable LED
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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 Radeon VII 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Length
296 mm
267 mm
Height
117 mm
121 mm
Width
56 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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1,280 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 Radeon VII 16G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 MSI Radeon VII 16G +5.5 %
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.
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.
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.
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.
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