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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 2307 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 45% better in Resident Evil 4 than GeForce GTX 970 - 96 vs 66 FPS
- Up to 40% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $280.99 vs $469.0
- Up to 59% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than GeForce GTX 970 - $2.93 vs $7.11 per 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
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
96
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.93/FPS
100%
Price, $
$280.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
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
Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
82 FPS
$15.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$13.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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82 FPS
$14.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$13.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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76 FPS
$13.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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77 FPS
$13.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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80 FPS
$13.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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77 FPS
$16.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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71 FPS
$16.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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75 FPS
$18.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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