NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, which has 768 shaders and 6 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip GM206-250-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
3584 Shader 768
48 Render Output Units 32
112 Texture Units 48
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 240 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.653 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
240 GB/s Memory bandwidth 106 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC is 1.102 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.102 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 8GB is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 75 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC 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 1x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC 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 8GB is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC is 206 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

-- Length 206 mm
-- Height 111 mm
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 OC was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 159 $.

-- Part-no ZT-90602-10M
Q4/2022 Release date Q3/2015
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 159 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- 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)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 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 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 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 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
140 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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