GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
220%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| 120% higher gaming performance. |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 Ti . |
| 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (20 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-200-A1) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 17,400 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 4864 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 38 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1410 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 80 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 152 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Dec 2020 | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
133.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
253.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
16200.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
160
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
55
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
171
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
87
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
119
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
83
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
92
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
206
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
168
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
125
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
39
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
126
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
112
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
73
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
33
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
105
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
153
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
122
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
75
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
32
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
72
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
67
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
45
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
21
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
57
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
90
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
40
FPS (higher is better)