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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GA106-302-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2816 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC clocks in the base with up to 1.216 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 1.320 GHz.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 305 mm long, 152 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.

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

Additional data

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 899 $.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

STRIX-GTX980TI-DC3OC-6GD5-GAMING Part-no Dual-RTX3060-8G
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2022
899 $ Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
56 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 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
59 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 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
142 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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