NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

132
Place in performance rating
not rated
27.18
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Ampere
GM204
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
1 September 2021 (less than a year ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$290 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
no data
34.98
Value for money
no data
GM204
GPU code name
GA104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1664
Pipelines
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1050 MHz
Core clock speed
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1178 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,200 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
148 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
109 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
199.0
3,920 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
98 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
1664
CUDA cores
no data
1664
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
148 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
170 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
242 mm
2x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
+
SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
8.6
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
6.6
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

43.8% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce RTX 3060 GA104?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 versus GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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