GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
-
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
December 2020
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
1665 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
4864
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
253.1
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
-
2.0
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.2
Optimus
+
-