MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2560 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
160 Texture Units 152
40 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G clocks in the base with up to 2.321 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G is 1.410 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
2.622 GHz Boost Clock 1.740 GHz
2.51 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 230 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

230 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 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 6700 XT GAMING X 12G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G is 279 mm long, 131 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G is 282 mm long, 117 mm high and 41 mm wide.

279 mm Length 282 mm
131 mm Height 117 mm
58 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1179 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X 12G was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 449 $.

-- Part-no GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 449 $
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)

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

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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