AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• GPU Chip
  Navi 32 (RDNA 3) GA106-300-A1
• Shader
  7680 3584
• Render Output Units
  138 64
• Texture Units
  480 112

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.800 GHz 1.320 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.800 GHz+ 12 % 1.867 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.600 GHz+ 30 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  300 W+ 20 % 170 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 180 W+ 6 %
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 3 x 95 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  -- 323 mm
• Height
  -- 140 mm
• Width
  -- 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  -- 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1460 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING Z Trio 12G and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  2023 Q3/2021
• Structure size
  5 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  -- data sheet