MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB (Turing) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
5888 Shader 2176
96 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 136
46 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.470 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.650 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

220 W TDP 185 W
250 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 v1.4a
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

230 mm Length 317 mm
115 mm Height 135 mm
43 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
624 g Weight 1000 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 2060 NB EX 12G-V came on the market in Q4/2021 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no by GPU-Monkey
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2021
549 $ Launch Price 289 $ (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)

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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