MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X


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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.45 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3584 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 160
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.264GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.264 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.1 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 323 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is 1.847 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.847 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X 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 94 °C.

170 W TDP 180 W
180 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °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 Z Trio 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is cooled by a Water cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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 Z Trio 12G is 57 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is 57 mm and thus requires the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

323 mm Length 278 mm
140 mm Height 165 mm
57 mm Width 20 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
1460 g Weight 1190 g
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 Z Trio 12G was released in Q3/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2016
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6
136 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X
8 GB GDDR5X
113 fps (avg)

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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