nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 165 W | 170 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1216 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 28 |
| TMUs | 128 | 112 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 77.82 GPixel/s | 85.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 360 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.981 GFLOPS | 12.74 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 12000 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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