MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition has 10240 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 34.10 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102-225-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
1152 Shader 10240
48 Render Output Units 112
72 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition is 1.665 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition 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.

120 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) 400 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

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) 43 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

175 mm Length 285 mm
115 mm Height 112 mm
38 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
472 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 3G was released in Q3/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2021
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
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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