MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3584 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 36

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 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 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is 1.410 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 89 °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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition 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 No
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide.

172 mm Length 229 mm
125 mm Height 113 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
503 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 900-1G160-2550-000
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
389 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G
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)

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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