MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC and the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1152 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is 1.320 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge 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
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge 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 ZOTAC SPECTRA

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC is 188 mm long, 116 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is 224 mm long, 116 mm high and 39 mm wide.

188 mm Length 224 mm
116 mm Height 116 mm
40 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
484 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 399 $.

-- Part-no ZT-A30600H-10M
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $
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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC
12 GB GDDR6
132 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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