NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1216 MHz
1757.6x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
2.4x more pipelines: 4864 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20394 vs 11112
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 791
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 34898
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 110.006
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 1348.307
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 9.194
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 37.443
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1474.189 vs 477.015
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 9566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3335
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 9566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3690
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3335
5.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2671 vs 474

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines	4864 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394 vs 11112
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 791
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075 vs 34898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141 vs 110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579 vs 1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311 vs 9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943 vs 37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1474.189 vs 477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671 vs 474

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

20394

11112

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

791

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

109075

34898

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

323.141

110.006

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4756.579

1348.307

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.311

9.194

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.943

37.443

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1474.189

477.015

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3335

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2671

474

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394	11112
PassMark - G2D Mark	989	791
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075	34898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141	110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579	1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311	9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943	37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1474.189	477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671	474

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GA104	GM204
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	19 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$549
Place in performance rating	104	379
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	2048
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Floating-point performance		4,981 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 6-pins
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround