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NVIDIA logo GeForce RTX 3060
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti logo
General information GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Launched Q4 2022 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 6144 MB 25 %
Core Clock 1320 MHz 0 % 1076 MHz 18.5 %
Boost Clock 1912 MHz 0 % 1367 MHz 28.5 %
Effective Clock 15000 MHz 0 % 7210 MHz 51.9 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 W 32 % 250 W 0 %
Length 323 mm 2.1 % 330 mm 0 %
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 Ti
Overall Score 64740 0 % 59721 7.8 %
Future Proof 90 % 0 % 40 % 55.6 %
Benchmark Score 41913 0 % 35666 14.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 980.7 0 % 859.1 12.4 %
Average DirectX performance 109.8 FPS 0 % 106.3 FPS 3.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 186.1 FPS 2.2 % 190.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 79.4 FPS 0 % 73.4 FPS 7.6 %
DirectX 11 performance 108.3 FPS 0 % 106.7 FPS 1.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 65.3 FPS 0 % 54.9 FPS 16 %
Graphic card computing 8439.3 operations/s 0 % 6190 operations/s 26.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.7 FPS 141.4 FPS
High settings 280.2 FPS 254.4 FPS
Medium settings 336.2 FPS 305.3 FPS
Low settings 470.7 FPS 427.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.2 %

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 Ti.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.1 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 196.4 FPS 180.8 FPS
Medium settings 235.6 FPS 217.0 FPS
Low settings 329.9 FPS 303.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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