MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.01 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G has 4864 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 17.51 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TU106 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2304 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
144 Texture Units 152
36 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G is 1.800 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.800 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

185 W TDP 240 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
89 °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 graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G 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 3x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

295 mm Length 290 mm
140 mm Height 131 mm
-- Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1177 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC was released in Q4/2018.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Master 8G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no GV-N306TAORUS M-8GD
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2020
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 529 $
12 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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