GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
327%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| 227% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 52 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-200-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 17,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 4864 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 38 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1410 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 80 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 152 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Dec 2020 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
133.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
253.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
16200.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
171
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
206
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
168
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
126
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
105
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
122
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
72
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
57
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
90
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)