ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.87 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.39 TFLOPS.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.08 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 2816
48 Render Output Units 96
112 Texture Units 176
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
240 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has a turbo clock of 1.867 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 1.076 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.000 GHz
1.867 GHz Boost Clock 1.076 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

170 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

200 mm Length 267 mm
123 mm Height 111 mm
38 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition 8GB was released in Q4/2022.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti published in Q2/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Dual-RTX3060-O8G Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2015
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 739 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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