MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G
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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.86 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.14 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 30 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
3584 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 120
28 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 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 336 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition is 1.860 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.83 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

170 W TDP 160 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 95 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
32 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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 GAMING Trio 12G is 56 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition is 56 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

323 mm Length 300 mm
140 mm Height 132 mm
56 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1477 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Trio 12G was released in Q1/2021.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX2060-O6G-GAMING
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2019
459 $ Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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