The Palit GeForce GTX 980 has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Base Clock
1.126 GHz
1.552 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.777 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
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
TDP
165 W
130 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 980 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce GTX 980.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
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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With the Palit GeForce GTX 980 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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
Palit GeForce GTX 980
Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual
Length
267 mm
245 mm
Height
111 mm
119 mm
Width
38 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3050 Dual needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 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.
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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