[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W) – RTX 3080 is 7% faster on average
ARK: Survival Evolved is a game that offers kind of unique gaming experience compared to the other games on the market. You’re surrounded by dinosaurs and other prehistorical creatures on an island that is prohibited by other humans as well. Of course, your goal is to survive and you can kill for food, you can craft different weapons, and you can even build a base for better protection.
In terms of visual quality, the game looks great especially if you greatly increase the visual quality. The Epic preset provides the best visuals but the title is super heavy in this scenario. But hey, if you don’t mind Medium or High quality, you can play this game even with a modest GPU. A not-so-powerful graphics card like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 [Laptop, 55W] can deliver around 70 FPS on Medium details which is great for gaming on a budget. For this article, we’ll compare two fast GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W).
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Contents
GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 variants
| GeForce RTX 3080 [95W] | GeForce RTX 3060 [140W] | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU chip | GA104 | GA106 |
| Shader units | 6144 (+60%) | 3840 |
| ROPs | 96 (+100%) | 48 |
| Base Clock (MHz) | 780 | 1387 (+78%) |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1245 | 1702 (+37%) |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 | 1750 (+17%) |
| Memory size (MB) | 8192 (+33%) | 6144 |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width (bit) | 256 (+33%) | 192 |
| TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 95 | 140W (+47%) |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Technology | 8nm | 8nm |
| RTX capabilities | Yes | Yes |
| Release date | 01.2021 | 01.2022 |
| Detailed specs | Link | Link |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 3080 [95W] | 205 fps (+11%) | 119 fps (+3%) | 99 fps (+6%) | 63 fps (+7%) |
| GeForce RTX 3060 [140W] | 184 fps | 116 fps | 93 fps | 59 fps |
Verdict
On average, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) is 7% faster compared to the GeForce RTX 3060 (140W). Yep, that’s not a huge difference which means that the smaller sibling is a great performer that costs less and offers a performance that is close to the more expensive NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W).
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [95W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]
Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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