MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC

MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC

MSI
59 Overall Score
vs
XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift 16GB GDDR6

XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift 16GB GDDR6

XFX
83 Overall Score

Scores

Ray Tracing
MSI
56
XFX
82
Content Creation
MSI
50
XFX
81
Gaming 4k
MSI
50
XFX
80
Gaming 1440p
MSI
57
XFX
78
Budget
MSI
58
XFX
77
Gaming 1080p
MSI
57
XFX
77
Workstation
MSI
49
XFX
74
Ai Llm
MSI
44
XFX
70

Specifications

MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OCXFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift
Chipset
GPU ChipsetGeForce RTX 3060Radeon RX 9070
BrandNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureAmpereRDNA 4
Classconsumerconsumer
Process84★
Memory
VRAM12 GB16 GB★
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Bus
192
256
Bandwidth
240
644.5999755859375
ECC✗—
Compute
CUDA Cores
3,584
No data
Stream ProcessorsNo data
3,584
Tensor Cores
120
112
RT Cores3056★
Base Clock
1,807
1,440
Boost Clock
1,807
2,700
FP16 TFLOPS12.73999977111816472.25★
FP32 TFLOPS12.73999977111816436.130001068115234★
Performance
PassMark G3D
16,988
25,422
GPU Compute
8,110
14,794
Power & Cooling
TDP170★245
Recommended PSU550★800
Power Connectors1 x 8-pin3 x 8-Pin
CoolerDual FanTriple Fan★
Fans23★
Connectivity
InterfacePCI Express 4.0PCI Express 5.0 x16
DisplayPort33
HDMI11
Max Displays44
Max Resolution7680 x 43207680 x 4320
Physical
Length235★325
Slot Width2★3.5
Form FactorFull HeightATX
Weight0.34 kg★1.50 kg
Features
Ray Tracing✓✓
UpscalingDLSSAMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4
AV1 Encode✗✓★
VR Ready✓✓
DirectX12 Ultimate12 Ultimate
RGB✗✗

Pros & Cons

MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (67th percentile)

XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift 16GB GDDR6

  • Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong compute (87th percentile)87th %ile

Pricing

MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC is MX$2,852 cheaper (1.2x less).

MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC

Amazon
MX$12,530

XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift 16GB GDDR6

Amazon
MX$15,382

Verdict

★ Winner: XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift

Scores 83 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 14 of 40 specs.

XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift Better at:

Ai LlmBudgetGaming 4kRay TracingWorkstationGaming 1080pGaming 1440pContent Creation

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