MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G
vs
GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.87 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.36 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 has 384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.38 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 3 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G GPU GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White 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 Z Trio 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 has a 2 GB large DDR4 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.050GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type DDR4
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G has a turbo clock of 1.867 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is 1.379 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z 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 GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

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

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 95 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

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

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 Z Trio 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G is 57 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 is 57 mm and thus requires the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

323 mm Length 162 mm
140 mm Height 121 mm
57 mm Width 22 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
1460 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G was released in Q3/2021.

The GALAX GeForce GT 1030 EX White DDR4 published in Q1/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no P84PW-30NPK4HVS6XW
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2018
329 $ (Reference) 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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