Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V has the GA104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA104-200-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
4864 Shader 2048
80 Render Output Units 64
152 Texture Units 128
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.241 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 1.342 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.

200 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
1 x 80 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

310 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
53 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 04G-P4-2982-KR
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2014
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 529 $
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)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
71 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)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
88 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)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB-V
8 GB GDDR6
166 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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