NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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 GTX 980 Ti.

31
Place in performance rating
73
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
25.96
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell
GA106
Code name
GM200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 January 2021
Release date
2 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$420
Price now
$629 (1x MSRP)
Value for money
27.96
GPU code name
GM200
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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
2816
1320 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1778 MHz
Boost Clock
1075 MHz
13,250 million
Transistor count
8,000 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
198.0
Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
8.6
CUDA cores
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
Number of transistors
8,000 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
SLI options
+
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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 GTX 980 Ti.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
Shared memory
-

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 GTX 980 Ti.

Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
4 displays
HDCP
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1x
HDMI
+
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
+
GPU Boost
2.0
CUDA
+
GeForce Experience
+
Surround
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
GameStream
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
GameWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2
Vulkan
1.1.126
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 GTX 980 Ti 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 GTX 980 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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

Cheaper ($420 vs $629 (1x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 2816)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 336.5 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

62.77% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 28 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 110 Hitesti Score