[FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W) – the 130W GPU destroys the smaller sibling

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W) - the 130W GPU destroys the smaller sibling

From: Nikolay Palaozov 29 May 2022 / 05:47 | 0

Apex Legends is one of the good games that belong to the battle royale genre. The title is based on Valve’s Source engine and despite its age, the game looks decent. Of course, it’s not that light like some other games that use the same engine (like CS:GO).

Not much to say about the gameplay because the core of it is the same as all battle royale games – one huge map, a lot of player on it, and the last man standing wins the match. Of course, you can explore the whole map on your own scavenging for guns and ammo.

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GeForce RTX 3080 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce RTX 3080 variants

	GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]	GeForce RTX 3080 [85W]
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
GPU chip	GA104	GA104
Shader units	6144	6144
ROPs	96	96
Base Clock (MHz)	up to 1185 (+52%)	780
Boost clock (MHz)	up to 1605 (+29%)	1245
Memory clock (MHz)	1750 (+17%)	1500
Memory size (MB)	8192	8192
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)	256	256
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	130W	130W
DirectX version	12.1	12.1
Technology	8nm	8nm
RTX capabilities	Yes	Yes
Release date	01.2021	01.2021
Detailed specs	Link	Link

Synthetic benchmarks

Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Apex Legends	Full HD, Min. (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]	300 fps (+35%)	299 fps (+76%)	248 fps (+105%)
GeForce RTX 3080 [85W]	222 fps	170 fps	121 fps

Verdict

It seems that in Apex Legends the bigger TGP and higher frequencies can give you a huge FPS boost. If you look at the table above, you’ll see that on Low the 130W GPU is 35% faster which is somehow fine given the TGP difference between these two video cards. Interestingly enough, on Medium and Max details, the bigger GPU is a lot faster – on maxed-out visual the 130W graphics solution is 105% faster which is a mind-blowing difference.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]

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