MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1024 Shader 4864
32 Render Output Units 80
64 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) is 1.410 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
1.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 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 960 Gaming 100ME.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 48 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) is 281 mm long, 117 mm high and 40 mm wide.

267 mm Length 281 mm
139 mm Height 117 mm
48 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
860 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 249 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Pro 8G (Rev. 2.0) was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 479 $.

V320-005R Part-no GV-N306TGAMINGOC PRO-8GD
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ Launch Price 479 $
28 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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