The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.34 TFLOPS.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Memory Size
4 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Base Clock
1.152 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is 1.777 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
TDP
145 W
170 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
39 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX
Length
247 mm
170 mm
Height
126 mm
125 mm
Width
--
39 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 StormX is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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