MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.75 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.48 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR has 4864 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.64 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1280 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
80 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has a turbo clock of 1.746 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR is 1.710 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR is cooled by a Air cooling.

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) 37-38 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 6G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR 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 GAMING VR 6G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR 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
MSI Mystic Light LED Addressable LED

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 GAMING VR 6G is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 202 mm
140 mm Height 110 mm
39 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1010 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 GAMING VR 6G was released in Q3/2016.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming LHR published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no 08G-P5-3663-KL
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 469 $
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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