MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X and the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU104 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2944 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 112
46 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.320 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is 245 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

245 W TDP 170 W
285 W TDP (up) 210 W
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
1 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
45 dB Noise (Load) 32-34 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 RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x 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 2080 Sea Hawk X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is 268 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 is 300 mm long, 134 mm high and 54 mm wide.

268 mm Length 300 mm
114 mm Height 134 mm
41 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1370 g Weight 1123 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 849 $.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 559 $.

-- Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX3060-12G-GAMING
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2021
849 $ Launch Price 559 $
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 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 RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
8 GB GDDR6
176 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
132 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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