PowerColor Radeon VII
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon VII and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon VII is based on the AMD Radeon VII and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon VII GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
AMD Radeon VII Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Vega 20 XT GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
GCN 5.1 Architecture Ampere
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3840 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
240 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon VII has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 12 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
1.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
2.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
1024 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
4096 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon VII clocks in the base with up to 1.400 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is 1.320 GHz.

1.400 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.750 GHz Boost Clock 1.852 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon VII is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 170 W
-- TDP (up) 180 W
99 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon VII has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 75 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
32 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
52 dB Noise (Load) 32 dB

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 PowerColor Radeon VII.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon VII supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon VII is 280 mm long, 125 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

280 mm Length 323 mm
125 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1477 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon VII was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $.

AXVII 16GBHBM2-3DH Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $
7 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)

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)

PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
65 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
116 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
150 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING X Trio 12G
12 GB GDDR6
135 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

PowerColor Radeon VII PowerColor Radeon VII
16 GB HBM2
76267

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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