MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has 4096 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.73 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 64 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
4096 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
256 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.945 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has a turbo clock of 1.677 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G is 1.777 GHz.

1.272 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.677 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G 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.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G are cooled with a AIO water cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33 dB

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G 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
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 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 / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

283 mm Length 316 mm
130 mm Height 120 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
2020 g Weight 753 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G was released in Q3/2017.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2021
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 429 $
14 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
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 Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
69 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
100 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Wave 8G
8 GB HBM2
139 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G
12 GB GDDR6
130 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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