ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
vs
Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and has 4864 texture shaders and 38 execution units.

Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
4864 Shader 1664
80 Render Output Units 56
152 Texture Units 104
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top is 1.203 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.355 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 200 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

200 W TDP 145 W
220 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x 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 Ti supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 Ti is 269 mm long, 136 mm high and 52 mm wide.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

269 mm Length --
136 mm Height --
52 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 459 $.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 970 Ares Top was introduced in Q4/2014 at a price of 329 $.

DUAL-RTX3060TI-8G Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2014
459 $ Launch Price 329 $
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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
169 fps (avg)

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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