MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X and the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and has 4352 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU102 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
4352 Shader 3584
88 Render Output Units 48
272 Texture Units 112
68 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

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

11 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
616 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.350 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 1.320 GHz.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connector.

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

300 W TDP 170 W
350 W TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X has a total of 0 -- fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 35 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 Ti Sea Hawk EK X.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost 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 v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED Addressable LED

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 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is 305 mm long, 169 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 245 mm long, 119 mm high and -- wide.

305 mm Length 245 mm
169 mm Height 119 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1272 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 1,699 $.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 389 $.

-- Part-no NE63060019K9-190AU
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2021
1,699 $ Launch Price 389 $
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 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
58 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 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
222 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
12 GB GDDR6
130 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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