MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition


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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 20.31 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X 8G GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
4864 Shader 5888
80 Render Output Units 96
152 Texture Units 184
38 Raytracing Cores 46

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 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 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is 1.725 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

220 W TDP 220 W
230 W TDP (up) 240 W
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x 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 Ti Gaming X 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition 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 Decode
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 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is 51 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

278 mm Length 242 mm
131 mm Height 112 mm
51 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1007 g Weight 1034 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2020
459 $ Launch Price 499 $
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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