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NVIDIA logo GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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General information GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce GTX 980
Launched Q4 2020 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 4096 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1410 MHz 0 % 1126 MHz 20.1 %
Boost Clock 1890 MHz 0 % 1431 MHz 24.3 %
Effective Clock 19000 MHz 0 % 7200 MHz 62.1 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 W 0 % 165 W 17.5 %
Length 323 mm 0 % 312 mm 3.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Frame Sync G-Sync G-Sync
Performance GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce GTX 980
Overall Score 72851 0 % 53608 26.4 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 35 % 53.9 %
Benchmark Score 53072 0 % 28738 45.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 991 0 % 793.2 20 %
Average DirectX performance 153.1 FPS 0 % 86.4 FPS 43.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 233.5 FPS 0 % 163.4 FPS 30 %
DirectX 10 performance 137.7 FPS 0 % 52.5 FPS 61.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 162 FPS 0 % 83.5 FPS 48.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 79.1 FPS 0 % 46.1 FPS 41.7 %
Graphic card computing 10373 operations/s 0 % 4754.9 operations/s 54.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, GeForce GTX 980.

Average frames per second GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce GTX 980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.4 FPS 124.6 FPS
High settings 323.0 FPS 224.3 FPS
Medium settings 387.6 FPS 269.2 FPS
Low settings 542.6 FPS 376.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, GeForce GTX 980.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce GTX 980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.1 FPS 89.9 FPS
High settings 221.6 FPS 161.9 FPS
Medium settings 265.9 FPS 194.3 FPS
Low settings 372.3 FPS 272.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.9 %
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