MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G and the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3584 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 80
28 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC is 1.552 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
40 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 RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC 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 No LED lighting

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
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

172 mm Length 172 mm
125 mm Height 125 mm
43 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
503 g Weight 486 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 389 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
389 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
8 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 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
42 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
45 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 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
101 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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