[FPS Benchmarks] Metro Exodus on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3060 (75W) – the 130W GPU shows its power

    When it comes to heavy games on system resources, which title comes to mind first? Probably a lot of people will say Crysis but we think that Metro Exodus should be mentioned too. First of all, this is an interesting shooter that offers a decent single-player campaign full of action-packed scenes, battles with mutants, exploring, upgrading weapons, etc.

    In addition, the whole picture is complemented by a good graphical representation. Of course, it comes with a “price” – the game is super-heavy if you want to see it in its full glory. On the other hand, the title supports ray-tracing as well, and most players will activate DLSS when ray-tracing is on because in this situation Metro Exodus is too heavy for most video cards on the market.

    Let’s see how fast are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3060 (75W) with the aid of Metro Exodus.

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    GeForce RTX 3060 variants

     GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]GeForce RTX 3060 [75W]
    ArchitectureAmpereAmpere
    GPU chipGA106GA106
    Shader units38403840
    ROPs4848
    Base Clock (MHz)1387 (+70%)817
    Boost clock (MHz)up to 1702 (+33%)1282
    Memory clock (MHz)1750 (+19%)1468
    Memory size (MB)61446144
    Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
    Memory bus width (bit)192192
    TGP (Total Graphics Power)130W (+73%)75W
    DirectX version12.112.1
    Technology8nm8nm
    RTX capabilitiesYes Yes
    Release date01.202101.2021
    Detailed specsLinkLink

    Synthetic benchmarks

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

    Results are from 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)

    Metro ExodusFull HD, Low (Check settings)Full HD, High (Check settings)Full HD, Extreme (Check settings)
    GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]120 fps77 fps (+20%)38 fps (+23%)
    GeForce RTX 3060 [75W]123 fps (+3%)64 fps31 fps





    Verdict

    Both GPUs perform almost the same on Low but after that, the 130W GPU is undoubtedly faster. On High, it offers 20% more FPS and on Extreme the gap reaches 23%. Not bad at all for a mid-ranger – 38 FPS on Extreme is a very good result. But hey, the 75W GPU isn’t slow by any means, its performance is decent for a GPU with such a modest TGP.

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

    All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [75W]

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    COOLAID
    COOLAID
    3 years ago

    What would be the best Ray Tracing, and video quality settings to have 60+ FPS on a RTX 3060 130 Watts?