MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the graphics chip GA104-770-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-770-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
1152 Shader 5120
48 Render Output Units 80
72 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.215 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 125 W.

120 W TDP 125 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 0 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports --
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4b
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

275 mm Length --
137 mm Height --
41 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
689 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (Laptop GPU) came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

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

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.

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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