MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
vs
GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G and the GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4), which has 384 shaders and 3 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G GPU GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
3584 Shader 384
48 Render Output Units 16
112 Texture Units 24
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 can access 2 GB DDR4 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 17 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type DDR4
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is 1.151 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.852 GHz Boost Clock 1.379 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 has a TDP of 30 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 30 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 95 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
32 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

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 GAMING X Trio 12G.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 is 180 mm long, 121 mm high and 41 mm wide.

323 mm Length 180 mm
140 mm Height 121 mm
56 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1477 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 Black/Blue DDR4 was introduced in Q1/2018 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no P84CL-30NPK4HVQ4BG
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2018
479 $ Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 14 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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