nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory4864
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
$399 • Nov 2020
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 200 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1665 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | 38 | N/A |
| TMUs | 152 | 176 |
| ROPs | 80 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 133.2 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 448 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 16.2 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 17400 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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