MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Ampere
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2304 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC clocks in the base with up to 1.235 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is 1.320 GHz.

1.235 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 1.792 GHz
1.46 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 170 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
33 dB Noise (Load) 40 dB

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 Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC is 231 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

231 mm Length 172 mm
127 mm Height 125 mm
46 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
790 g Weight 503 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC was released in Q1/2020 at a price of 279 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 399 $.

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Q1/2020 Release date Q1/2021
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $
7 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)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
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 Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC
6 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
131 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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