NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

230
Place in performance rating
31
61.74
Value for money (0-100)
1.25
Kepler
Architecture
Ampere
GK104
Code name
GA106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
30 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$211 (0.5x MSRP)
Price now
$420
14.82
Value for money
GK104
GPU code name
Desktop
Market segment

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1536
Pipelines
3584
1046 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1085 MHz
Boost Clock
1778 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
13,250 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
230 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
134 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
198.0
3,333 gflops
Floating-point performance
98 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
1536
CUDA cores
8.6
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1085 MHz
Boost clock speed
3,540 million
Number of transistors
230 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
no data
Width
112 mm 4.4 inches
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
600 Watt
Minimum recommended system power

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
7012 MHz
Memory clock speed
224.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
+
G-SYNC support
4 displays
Multi monitor support
+
HDCP
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
+
HDMI
1x
no data
DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
+
GPU Boost
+
CUDA
+
Blu Ray 3D
+
3D Gaming
+
3D Vision Live
+
FXAA
+
TXAA
+
Adaptive VSync
+
PhysX

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2
5.1
Shader Model
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

26.7% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($211 (0.5x MSRP) vs $420)

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

More pipelines (3584 vs 1536)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 230 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 224.3 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.0 Out of 146 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 29 Hitesti Score