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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

GeForce GTX 970 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 970 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 970.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

  • Consumes up to 26% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - 148 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Performs up to 41% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than GeForce GTX 970 - 494 vs 351 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

351

71%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020


FPS

494

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.38/FPS

100%

Price, €

€679.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING OC D6X 8G

Buy for 679.99 on Amazon

In Stock

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Desktop • Dec 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

50%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

48%

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 970 Logo

GeForce GTX 970

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Logo

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Dec 1st, 2020
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
$329
MSRP$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
1050 MHzBase Clock Speed
1410 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1665 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1750 MHz

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