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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2307 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 62% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than GeForce GTX 970 - 63 vs 39 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 12 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 13% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 148 vs 170 Watts
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
63
100%
Value, €/FPS
€4.4/FPS
100%
Price, €
€277.2
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC, Gaming Grafikkarte - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Speicher, 192-bit, 15 Gbps
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
77.3388042203986%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
61.55778894472361%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
| $329 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
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Total War: WARHAMMER III, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
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