GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.92 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 22.61 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G is 1.920 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.920 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.91 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

170 W TDP 280 W
-- TDP (up) 300 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) 39-42 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

242 mm Length 335 mm
124 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 61 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1735 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G was released in Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N3060EAGLE-12GD Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
389 $ Launch Price 749 $
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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
109 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
156 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12G
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
207 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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