PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X), which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X)
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP104-150-KA-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
3584 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 80
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC can access 6 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.001 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is 1.544 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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) dB
36 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition is 247 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is 276 mm long, 140 mm high and 41 mm wide.

247 mm Length 276 mm
120 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 846 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce RTX 3060 XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Dual Fan Edition was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 429 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

VCG306012DFXPPB Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
429 $ Launch Price 249 $ (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)

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

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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