MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G
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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.81 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.64 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC has 10240 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.70 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 34.71 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA102-225-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
1280 Shader 10240
48 Render Output Units 112
80 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.282 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.282 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
9.1 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
219 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G has a turbo clock of 1.809 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC is 1.695 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.809 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X+ 6G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC 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 No LED lighting

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 X+ 6G is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 305 mm
140 mm Height 120 mm
39 mm Width 57 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1017 g Weight 1379 g
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 X+ 6G was released in Q3/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (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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