GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB outperforms GeForce GTX 980 Ti on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is 2689 days newer than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Performs up to 4% better in Far Cry 3 than GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 173 vs 166 FPS
Consumes up to 32% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 170 vs 250 Watts
Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 8 vs 6 GB

This is a free version of Far Cry 3.

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

FPS

173

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.45/FPS

100%

Price, £

£249.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

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In Stock

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GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

FPS

166

96%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

1920 x 1080

Very High

389

FPS

390

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

642

FPS

676

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Ultra

103

FPS

110

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

115

FPS

123

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Very High

389

FPS

402

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

83%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

Pixel Fillrate

103.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

189.4 GTexel/s

95%

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	vs	GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Oct 12th, 2022	Release Date	Jun 2nd, 2015
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 900
Not Available	MSRP	$649
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR5
128-bit	Bus	384-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	336.6 GB/s
1320 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1000 MHz
1777 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1076 MHz
1875 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1753 MHz