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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 54% better in Dead Island 2 than GeForce GTX 970 - 109 vs 71 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
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
109
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.42/FPS
100%
Price, £
£263.47
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)
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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%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
61%
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 |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or GeForce GTX 970
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
82 FPS
£11.83/FPS
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