The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 155 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 980.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Memory Size
4 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 1.777 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
TDP
165 W
170 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
35 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Length
267 mm
245 mm
Height
112 mm
119 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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