In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 295 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 TiZotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
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.
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Base Clock
1.410 GHz
1.114 GHz
Boost Clock
1.695 GHz
1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.67 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 1.114 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
TDP
200 W
145 W
TDP (up)
220 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm
Fan 2
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2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
36 dB
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!
Length
269 mm
292 mm
Height
136 mm
111 mm
Width
52 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 269 mm long, 136 mm high and 52 mm wide.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! is 292 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti +265.4 %
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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.
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti +290.4 %
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) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti +295.4 %
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