GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1152 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
72 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

3 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
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.531 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC is 1.410 GHz.

1.531 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
1.75 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is 169 mm long, 131 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC is 230 mm long, 115 mm high and 43 mm wide.

169 mm Length 230 mm
131 mm Height 115 mm
37 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 584 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan 8G OC was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 429 $.

GV-N1060IXOC-3GD Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2020
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 429 $
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)

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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