GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
GeForce RTX 3060
172%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 |
| 72% higher gaming performance. |
| 70 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 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce RTX 3060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (17 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-300-A1) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 300 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 3840 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 30 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1627 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3060 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
GeForce RTX 3060
118.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
222.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3060
14220.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
108
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
83
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
70
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
123
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
153
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
128
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
97
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
39
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
85
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
55
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
33
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
82
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
114
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3060
90
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
57
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
32
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
48
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
34
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
21
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3060
44
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3060
66
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
40
FPS (higher is better)