MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G vs GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.24 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.53 TFLOPS. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.85 TFLOPS.

GPU The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G	GPU	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC
AMD Radeon RX 570	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Polaris 20 XL	GPU Chip	GA106-302-A1
GCN 4	Architecture	Ampere
32	Streaming Multiprocessors	28
2048	Shader	3584
32	Render Output Units	48
128	Texture Units	112
0	Raytracing Cores	28

Memory The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.750 GHz	Memory Clock	1.875 GHz
7.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	15.0 Gbps
224 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	128 bit

Clock Speeds The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G has a turbo clock of 1.244 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC is 1.792 GHz.
1.178 GHz	Base Clock	1.320 GHz
1.244 GHz	Boost Clock	1.792 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 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 90 °C. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 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.
150 W	TDP	170 W
--	TDP (up)	--
90 °C	Tjunction max	93 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G are cooled with a Air cooling. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	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
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
246 mm	Length	258 mm
130 mm	Height	126 mm
39 mm	Width	42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
622 g	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G was released in Q4/2017. The GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.
--	Part-no	36NSL8MD6OCC
Q4/2017	Release date	Q4/2022
169 $	Launch Price	329 $ (Reference)
14 nm	Structure size	8 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G
1.178 GHz, 8 GB (150 W TDP)

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1.320 GHz, 8 GB (170 W TDP)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	1719
	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	4030

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	5035

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	2177

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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)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	55 fps (avg)

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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)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	59 fps (avg)

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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


	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	38946
	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	89088

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	35169
	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	85405

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	38186

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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)


	MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G 8 GB GDDR5	4.53
	GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC 8 GB GDDR6	12.85

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MSI Radeon RX 570 Armor 8G
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GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 1-Click OC

GPU comparison with benchmarks

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Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

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