NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
vs
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GA104-202-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
38 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
4864 Shader 1664
80 Render Output Units 56
152 Texture Units 104
38 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

225 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
-- Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

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

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.

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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 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.

-- Length 244 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 Ti (GDDR6X) has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower came on the market in Q4/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no ZT-90105-10P
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2014
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
8 nm Structure size 28 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
71 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 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
88 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 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
130 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X)
8 GB GDDR6X
172 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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