Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.01 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Ampere Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3584 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is 1.740 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.740 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual 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 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

170 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

245 mm Length 295 mm
119 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1177 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual was released in Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC published in Q4/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

NE63060019K9-190AD Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2018
439 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
142 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

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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