The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.410 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
1.620 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
TDP
170 W
175 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
89 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.
The PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 175 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
36 dB
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G.
The PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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With the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G
PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower
Length
276 mm
281 mm
Height
131 mm
128 mm
Width
51 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
996 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The PNY GeForce RTX 2070 Blower needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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