Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High72126
1080p Ultra55103
1440p Ultra3977
4K Ultra2144
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy585611708
Solar Bayn/a54344
Port Royal32506969
Fire Strike1950629561
Night Raid70001109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur134.8 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark853988
DirectX 11106 fps163 fps
DirectX 1255 fps79 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.83670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GM200 GA104
Price 649 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 2816 4864
TMUs 176 152
ROPs 96 80
Execution Units 22 38
Ray Tracing Cores No 38
Tensor Cores No 152
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 28 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 8.6
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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