MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 and the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, which has 1920 shaders and 30 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Pascal Architecture Turing
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
1152 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 6 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 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G is 1.365 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.680 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 3GT OCV2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G 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 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 is 243 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G is 175 mm long, 126 mm high and 43 mm wide.

243 mm Length 175 mm
115 mm Height 126 mm
39 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
556 g Weight 540 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2019
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
46 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OCV2
3 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 AERO ITX 6G
6 GB GDDR6
118 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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