GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
266%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| 166% 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 980 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-200-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-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 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 38 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1410 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 80 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 152 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| 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 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Dec 2020 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
133.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
253.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
16200.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
119
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
206
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
168
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
112
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
105
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
122
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
67
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
57
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
90
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)