MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G has the Navi 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
4608 Shader 3584
128 Render Output Units 48
288 Texture Units 112
72 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 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.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.792 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

300 W TDP 170 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

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

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G.

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

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

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported 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)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

324 mm Length 172 mm
141 mm Height 125 mm
55 mm Width 43 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1551 g Weight 503 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Trio 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 AERO ITX 12G OC came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2021
799 $ 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)

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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