NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
729
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Ampere
Architecture
Tesla
GA106
Code name
G92
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 January 2021
Release date
28 March 2008 (13 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$420
Price now
$91 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money
0.55
GPU code name
G92
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
128
1320 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
1778 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
13,250 million
Transistor count
754 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
198.0
Texture fill rate
43.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance
432.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
8.6
CUDA cores
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
Number of transistors
754 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
112 mm 4.4 inches
Width
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR3
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
1x
HDMI
Via Adapter
3x
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX is the additional functionality.

3D Vision
+
CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
1.2
Vulkan
no data
3.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
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 RTX 3060

More pipelines (3584 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 70.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.76% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($91 (0.3x MSRP) vs $420)

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 170 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 12 GB)

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX