MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1280 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

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

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

120 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition 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 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 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

279 mm Length 232 mm
140 mm Height 141 mm
38 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
737 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 AMP White Edition came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no ZT-A30600F-10P
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 449 $
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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