The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 608 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) has the GA104-202-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.188 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
19.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
608 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Base Clock
1.410 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.665 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
TDP
225 W
145 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
--
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
--
2
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X).
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Length
--
244 mm
Height
--
111 mm
Width (Slots)
--
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires -- space in the housing.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) +299.7 %
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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) +313.3 %
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