MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G and the Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA102
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
1280 Shader 8960
48 Render Output Units 112
80 Texture Units 280
0 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

6 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 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V is 1.260 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 AERO ITX 6G.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V 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
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 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V 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 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G is 175 mm long, 115 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V is 317 mm long, 135 mm high and 60 mm wide.

175 mm Length 317 mm
115 mm Height 135 mm
38 mm Width 60 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
472 g Weight 1380 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3080 NB 12G EX LHR-V was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2022
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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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