NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
3584 Shader 2048
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 128
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is 1.178 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.178 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Hybrid 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum 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 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is 27 mm long, 137 mm high and 41 mm wide.

-- Length 27 mm
-- Height 137 mm
-- Width 41 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum was introduced in Q4/2014 at a price of 599 $.

-- Part-no POSEIDON-GTX980-P-4GD5
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2014
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
5068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
2177

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)

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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