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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 980 Ti on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2051 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 26% better in Stray than GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 97 vs 77 FPS
- Up to 19% cheaper than GeForce GTX 980 Ti - £264.98 vs £327.0
- Up to 36% better value when playing Stray than GeForce GTX 980 Ti - £2.73 vs £4.25 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 170 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 12 vs 6 GB
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
97
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.73/FPS
100%
Price, £
£264.98
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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EVGA 06G-P4-4995-KR GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked ACX 2.0+ PCI-E Graphics Card (1102 MHz, 7010 MHz, 6 GB, GDDR5, 384 Bit, DVI-I 3 x DP, HDMI)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
82%
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%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2015 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$329 | 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 |
12 GB | Memory | 6 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
360 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 |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Stray, 1920 x 1080, High
95 FPS
£11.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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94 FPS
£9.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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95 FPS
£7.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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95 FPS
£10/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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97 FPS
£12.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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96 FPS
£12.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-12900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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95 FPS
£7.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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95 FPS
£10.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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95 FPS
£13.76/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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97 FPS
£15.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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