EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2816 Shader 4864
96 Render Output Units 80
176 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ clocks in the base with up to 1.190 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR is 1.410 GHz.

1.190 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.291 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR has a TDP of 240 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 240 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 32 dB

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 279 mm long, 151 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

279 mm Length 323 mm
151 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1466 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Trio Plus 8G LHR was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 479 $.

06G-P4-0998-KR Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2021
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $
28 nm Structure size 8 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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