MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and has 4864 texture shaders and 38 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
4864 Shader 1280
80 Render Output Units 48
152 Texture Units 80
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 1.544 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G is 200 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

200 W TDP 120 W
220 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
44 dB Noise (Load) --

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 Ti Aero ITX 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC is 178 mm long, 118 mm high and 38 mm wide.

172 mm Length 178 mm
125 mm Height 118 mm
43 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
559 g Weight 444 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 429 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2016
429 $ Launch Price 249 $ (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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
166 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 iGAMER 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 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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