KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X)
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and has 4864 texture shaders and 38 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA104-202-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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 1.203 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.695 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.28 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) is 299 mm long, 139 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 298 mm long, 114 mm high and 35 mm wide.

299 mm Length 298 mm
139 mm Height 114 mm
58 mm Width 35 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EX White 1-Click OC Plus (GDDR6X) was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 599 $.

36ISM6MD2WWE Part-no GV-N980OC-4GD
Q4/2022 Release date Q3/2015
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $
8 nm Structure size 28 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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