GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060
260%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 |
| 160% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-300-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 300 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 3840 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 30 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1627 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3060
118.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
222.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
14220.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
123
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
153
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
82
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
114
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
90
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
44
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
66
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)