[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3070 (130W) – the bigger GPU is just faster

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3070 (130W) - the bigger GPU is just faster

From: Nikolay Palaozov 15 February 2022 / 07:30 | 0

ARK: Survival Evolved is somehow a unique game. It offers beautiful graphics alongside interesting gameplay that features prehistoric creatures and other hostile humans. The player should survive in this challenging environment by crafting weapons, creating a base, battling other animals and humans, etc.

ARK: Survival Evolved uses Unreal 4 and yes, the title looks great even on Medium details. Om the other hand, the Epic preset looks great but it’s heavy on the system resources so let’s check how fast the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3070 (130W) are when it comes to ARK: Survival Evolved.

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GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3070 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3070 variants

	GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]	GeForce RTX 3070 [130W]
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
GPU chip	GA106	GA104
Shader units	3840	5120 (+33%)
ROPs	48	96 (+100%)
Base Clock (MHz)	1387 (+14%)	1215
Boost clock (MHz)	up to 1702 (+5%)	1620
Memory clock (MHz)	1750	1750
Memory size (MB)	6144	8192 (+33%)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)	192	256 (+33%)
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	130W	140W (+8%)
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

3DMark Time Spy (G)

The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

8738

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

22474

Unigine Superposition

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

5416

Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

ARK: Survival Evolved	Full HD, Low (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Epic (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]	177 fps (+19%)	110 fps	89 fps	55 fps
GeForce RTX 3070 [130W, Intel CPU]	149 fps	129 fps (+17%)	109 fps (+22%)	66 fps (+20%)

Verdict

Unexpectedly the smaller GPU is faster on Low but it’s not that important because the game doesn’t look good at all on Low settings. On High and Ultra, the bigger GPU is at least 20% faster when compared to its smaller sibling. But they, the GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) is doing a good job for a mid-range GPU and it can show 55 FPS on Epic quality which is okay for a normal gameplay experience. If you want more FPS just apply the High preset – it’s a decent combination of picture quality and performance.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]

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