MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.90 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 15 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
3584 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 120
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.027GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.027 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.1 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 259 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is 1.797 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.797 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.77 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G has 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 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 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 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 VENTUS 2X 12G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 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 VENTUS 2X 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 VENTUS 2X 12G is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

235 mm Length 279 mm
124 mm Height 140 mm
42 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
675 g Weight 1094 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 VENTUS 2X 12G was released in Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2016
389 $ Launch Price 379 $ (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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR5
98 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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