NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

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 RTX 3060  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX.

31
Place in performance rating
729
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Ampere
Architecture
Tesla
GA106
Code name
G92
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 January 2021
Release date
28 March 2008 (13 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$420
Price now
$91 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money
0.55
GPU code name
G92
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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.

3584
Pipelines
128
1320 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
1778 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
13,250 million
Transistor count
754 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
198.0
Texture fill rate
43.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance
432.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
8.6
CUDA cores
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
Number of transistors
754 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
112 mm 4.4 inches
Width
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR3
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 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 RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX.

Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
1x
HDMI
Via Adapter
3x
DisplayPort support
no data

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
+
CUDA
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
1.2
Vulkan
no data
3.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
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 RTX 3060

More pipelines (3584 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 70.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.76% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($91 (0.3x MSRP) vs $420)

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 170 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 12 GB)

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

4.3 Out of 27 Hitesti Score
3.1 Out of 9 Hitesti Score