ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X)
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) and the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and has 4864 texture shaders and 38 execution units.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GA104-202-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
4864 Shader 2816
80 Render Output Units 96
152 Texture Units 176
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 347 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.805 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 347 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 1.253 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.253 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.355 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X).

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme 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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) is 302 mm long, 142 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 328 mm long, 133 mm high and -- wide.

302 mm Length 328 mm
142 mm Height 133 mm
54 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC Edition (GDDR6X) was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme was introduced in Q2/2015 at a price of 799 $.

TUF-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-GAMING Part-no ZT-90505-10P
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2015
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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)

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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