In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G and the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE is 214 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE is based on AMD RX Vega 64, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Memory Size
3 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
0.945 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
1.9 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
484 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
2,048 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.247 GHz
Boost Clock
1.746 GHz
1.546 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.73 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE is 1.247 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
TDP
120 W
295 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE has a TDP of 295 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
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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 GAMING 3G.
The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
MSI Mystic Light
Non addressable LED
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE
Length
277 mm
282 mm
Height
140 mm
125 mm
Width
39 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,017 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3G is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.
The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE is 282 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.
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 Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE +105.7 %
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.
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) Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 LE +214.1 %
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