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GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 Ti is 2265 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - 165 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Performs up to 72% better in Sons Of The Forest than GeForce GTX 980 - 74 vs 43 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
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Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

43

58%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


FPS

74

100%

Value, £/FPS

£5.53/FPS

100%

Price, £

£409

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

Buy for £409 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 229 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

58%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

61%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Dec 1st, 2020
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
$549MSRP
$399
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus256-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1410 MHz
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1665 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1750 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

With selected game settings

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