GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU104 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 112
40 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.605 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 1.320 GHz.

1.605 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G is 215 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

215 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 82 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 34 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 RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G is 287 mm long, 115 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 296 mm long, 117 mm high and 56 mm wide.

287 mm Length 296 mm
115 mm Height 117 mm
50 mm Width 56 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 459 $.

GV-N207SGAMING OC-8GD Part-no GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 459 $
12 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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