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NVIDIA logo GeForce RTX 3060
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980

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General information GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980
Launched Q4 2022 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 1320 MHz 0 % 1126 MHz 14.7 %
Boost Clock 1912 MHz 0 % 1431 MHz 25.2 %
Effective Clock 15000 MHz 0 % 7200 MHz 52 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 W 0 % 165 W 2.9 %
Length 323 mm 0 % 312 mm 3.4 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Frame Sync G-Sync G-Sync
Performance GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980
Overall Score 64740 0 % 53607 17.2 %
Future Proof 90 % 0 % 35 % 61.1 %
Benchmark Score 41913 0 % 28737 31.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 980.7 0 % 793.2 19.1 %
Average DirectX performance 109.8 FPS 0 % 86.7 FPS 21 %
DirectX 9 performance 186.1 FPS 0 % 164 FPS 11.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 79.4 FPS 0 % 52.7 FPS 33.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 108.3 FPS 0 % 84.4 FPS 22.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 65.3 FPS 0 % 45.8 FPS 29.9 %
Graphic card computing 8439.3 operations/s 0 % 4802.6 operations/s 43.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.7 FPS 124.6 FPS
High settings 280.2 FPS 224.3 FPS
Medium settings 336.2 FPS 269.2 FPS
Low settings 470.7 FPS 376.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.9 %

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, GeForce GTX 980.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.1 FPS 89.9 FPS
High settings 196.4 FPS 161.9 FPS
Medium settings 235.6 FPS 194.3 FPS
Low settings 329.9 FPS 272.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.6 %
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