[FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W) – both are fast

Apex Legends is still one of the most popular battle royale games out there. There is a reason for that – the title definitely looks good and it is based on the Valve’s Source engine. The gameplay is fun and challenging and Apex Legends is free-to-play.

Still, one of the most important things for a successful game is its optimization and how it works on not-so-powerful hardware. In this scenario, Apex Legends sits somewhere in the middle – it’s not as light as CS:GO but it’s not as heavy as Metro Exodus. For example, an entry-level RTX GPU like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [Laptop, 95W] is enough for around 120 FPS on Max details. For this article, we’ll compare the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W).

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Apex Legends list.

Contents


GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 variants

 GeForce RTX 3080 [95W]GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]
ArchitectureAmpereAmpere
GPU chipGA104GA106
Shader units6144 (+60%)3840
ROPs96 (+100%)48
Base Clock (MHz)7801387 (+78%)
Boost clock (MHz)12451702 (+37%)
Memory clock (MHz)15001750 (+17%)
Memory size (MB)8192 (+33%)6144
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)256 (+33%)192
TGP (Total Graphics Power)95140W (+47%)
DirectX version12.212.2
Technology8nm8nm
RTX capabilitiesYes Yes
Release date01.202101.2022
Detailed specsLinkLink

Synthetic benchmarks

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)


Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Apex LegendsFull HD, Min. (Check settings)Full HD, Medium (Check settings)Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3080 [95W]299 fps252 fps (+6%)187 fps (+15%)
GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]298 fps238 fps168 fps






Verdict

On Minimum quality, both GPUs are showing almost equal results. On Medium settings, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) has a 6% lead over the GeForce RTX 3060 (140W). The Max preset is the place where the bigger GPU is shining bright and it’s 15% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 (140W). However, these results are showing that the smaller GPU isn’t slow at all – 168 FPS on Max details sounds great for an RTX 3060.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [95W]

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]

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