The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.84 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.15 TFLOPS.
The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Palit GeForce RTX 2080 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.
The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.515 GHz
Boost Clock
1.837 GHz
1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.78 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G has a turbo clock of 1.837 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 2080 is 1.710 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
TDP
170 W
215 W
TDP (up)
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250 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
88 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 Palit GeForce RTX 2080 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
36 dB
Noise (Load)
36 dB
46 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
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
USB-C
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1
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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
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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The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X 12G
Palit GeForce RTX 2080
Length
276 mm
268 mm
Height
131 mm
112 mm
Width
51 mm
40 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 X 12G is 51 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Palit GeForce RTX 2080 is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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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