The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is 193 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost has the GA106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.152 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
1.304 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
TDP
170 W
145 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
35 dB
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
2x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2
Length
245 mm
247 mm
Height
119 mm
112 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 Ghost is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom V2 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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