NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA106GPU NameGM200
GA106-300-A1Model numberGM200-310-A1
AmpereArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size28 nm
13,250 millionTransistors8,000 million
276 mm²Die Size601 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 12th, 2021Release DateJun 2nd, 2015
GeForce 30FamilyGeForce 900
ActiveProductionActive
329 USDLaunch Price649 USD
GeForce 20PredecessorGeForce 700
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

12 GBMemory Size6 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus384 bit
360.0 GB/sBandwidth336.6 GB/s

Performance

85.30 GPixel/sPixel fillrate103.3 GPixel/s
199.0 GTexel/sTexture fillrate189.4 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance6.060 TFLOPS
199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance189.4 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1320 MHzBase Clock1000 MHz
1777 MHzBoost Clock1076 MHz
1875 MHz
15 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Render Config

3584Shading Units2816
112TMUs176
48ROPs96
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
3 MBL2 Cache3 MB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Width111 mm
4.4 inches
170 WThermal design power (TDP)250 W
450 WSuggested PSU600 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 12-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PG190 SKU 60Board NumberPG600 SKU 30

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.6Shader Model6.4
8.6CUDA5.2