MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G, 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.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3584 Shader 8704
48 Render Output Units 96
112 Texture Units 272
28 Raytracing Cores 68

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 320 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 1.440 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.852 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 320 W
180 W TDP (up) 370 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 95 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 3x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 252 mm long, 135 mm high and 40 mm wide.

323 mm Length 252 mm
140 mm Height 135 mm
56 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1477 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N3080AORUSX W-10GD
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
479 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 8 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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