Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
3584 Shader 1920
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 120
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
240 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.531 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.721 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

170 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
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 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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

170 mm Length 175 mm
125 mm Height 129 mm
40 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 580 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

NE63060019P1-190AF Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2016
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
94 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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