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In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 2664 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 21% better in The Last of Us Part I than GeForce GTX 980 - 41 vs 34 FPS
- Up to 59% cheaper than GeForce GTX 980 - $118.45 vs $291.75
- Consumes up to 21% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 130 vs 165 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
The Last of Us Part I
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
73.06604985864816%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
91.38817480719794%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $549 | MSRP | $249 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
| 1216 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
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