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GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3060

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2307 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 3% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 165 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

  • Performs up to 31% better in Assassin's Creed Mirage than GeForce GTX 980 - 76 vs 58 FPS
  • Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 12 vs 4 GB
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Assassin's Creed Mirage

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

58

76%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

76

100%

Value, £/FPS

£3.36/FPS

100%

Price, £

£254.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

Buy for £254.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 80 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

91%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

78%

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980

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GeForce RTX 3060

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
$549MSRP
$329
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
12 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus192-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
360 GB/s
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1320 MHz
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1777 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

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