MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1920 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
120 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.027 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.1 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
259 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 1.410 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

150 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 230 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 X 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G 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 X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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 X 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 278 mm long, 131 mm high and 51 mm wide.

279 mm Length 278 mm
140 mm Height 131 mm
42 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1094 g Weight 1007 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 449 $.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
379 $ (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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
73 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
90 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 X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
98 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
171 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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