The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.55 TFLOPS.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.775 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
7.1 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
227 GB/s
240 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.775 GHz clocks.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Base Clock
1.215 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.367 GHz
1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.34 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has a turbo clock of 1.367 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 1.807 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
TDP
145 W
170 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
ASUS Aura Sync
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
Length
279 mm
200 mm
Height
121 mm
123 mm
Width
42 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is 42 mm 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.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB +151.6 %
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 8GB +184.8 %
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