MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.19 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.70 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR has 4864 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming 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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has a turbo clock of 1.190 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR is 1.665 GHz.

1.102 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC 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 91 °C.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR 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.

250 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 37 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 202 mm
135 mm Height 110 mm
37 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC was released in Q3/2015.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Black Gaming LHR published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no 08G-P5-3661-KL
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2022
649 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- 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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