NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Ampere Architecture GCN 4
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
3584 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 16
112 Texture Units 64
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 is 1.175 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.175 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.196 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 has a TDP of 60 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 60 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 1 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 is 155 mm long, 112 mm high and 39 mm wide.

-- Length 155 mm
-- Height 112 mm
-- Width 39 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2017
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 14 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
5068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
2177

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2
4 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2
4 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2 MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OCV2
4 GB GDDR5
42 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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