MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G has 4864 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 17.22 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.57 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 38 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 30 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Ampere Architecture Turing
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
4864 Shader 1920
80 Render Output Units 48
152 Texture Units 120
38 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 1.710 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.68 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

220 W TDP 160 W
230 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 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 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G is 51 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

278 mm Length 270 mm
131 mm Height 111 mm
51 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1007 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G was released in Q4/2020.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no DUAL-RTX2060-6G
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2019
459 $ Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
128 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
176 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6
120 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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