MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC and the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
5888 Shader 1152
96 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 72
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 3 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 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB is 1.518 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.518 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
43-45 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 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB 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 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB 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 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC is 232 mm long, 124 mm high and 52 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB is 228 mm long, 124 mm high and 42 mm wide.

232 mm Length 228 mm
124 mm Height 124 mm
52 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
832 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 649 $.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

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Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2016
649 $ Launch Price 199 $ (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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
189 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
66 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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