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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 798 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 271 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB OC Edition GDDR6X Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, DLSS, PCIe 4.0, Speicher, 2X HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-GAMING)

Buy for 816.71 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 3350 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 798 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 271 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB OC Edition GDDR6X Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, DLSS, PCIe 4.0, Speicher, 2X HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-GAMING)

Buy for 816.71 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 3350 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X is 2952 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

  • Up to 2% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X - €798.00 vs €816.71
  • Consumes up to 34% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X - 148 vs 225 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

  • Performs up to 68% better in No Man's Sky than GeForce GTX 970 - 155 vs 92 FPS
  • Up to 39% better value when playing No Man's Sky than GeForce GTX 970 - €5.27 vs €8.67 per FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
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No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

92

59%

Value, €/FPS

€8.67/FPS

61%

Price, €

€798

100%

Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Buy for 798 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 271 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022


FPS

155

100%

Value, €/FPS

€5.27/FPS

100%

Price, €

€816.71

97%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB OC Edition GDDR6X Grafikkarte (Nvidia Ampere, DLSS, PCIe 4.0, Speicher, 2X HDMI 2.1, 3X DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-GAMING)

Buy for 816.71 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 3350 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

50%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

48%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo

GeForce GTX 970

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Sep 19th, 2014
Oct 19th, 2022
GeForce 900GeForce 30
$329Not Available
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin1x 12-pin
Desktop
Desktop
4 GB
8 GB
GDDR5GDDR6X
256-bit256-bit
224.4 GB/s
608.3 GB/s
1050 MHz
1410 MHz
1178 MHz
1665 MHz
1753 MHz
1188 MHz

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