MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G and the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1920 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 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
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is 1.552 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.721 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus has a TDP of 130 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 130 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

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 1070 GAMING 8G.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 1070 GAMING 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus is 170 mm long, 125 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 170 mm
140 mm Height 125 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1094 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no NE63050019P1-190AE
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2022
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5
94 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Pegasus
8 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)

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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