[FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) and RTX 3050 (55W) – the 75W GPU is 17% faster on average
Need For Speed Heat is a successful title that belongs to the popular series. The game has most of the “ingredients” for a good racing arcade title – beautiful graphics, a good soundtrack, a lot of cars, tons of customizations, fun gameplay, and police pursuits.
As we said, graphically-wise, the game looks beautiful thanks to the Frostbite 3 engine. Interestingly enough, the title isn’t too heavy. Need For Speed Heat looks like a well-optimized title and in most cases, a decent mid-range GPU is enough for 60 FPS on Ultra settings. For this article, we have picked two RTX GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) and RTX 3050 (55W).
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Contents
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 variants
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W] | GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] | |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
GPU chip | GA107 | GA107 |
Shader units | 2560 (+25%) | 2048 |
ROPs | 32 | 32 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1222 | 712 (+72%) |
Boost clock (MHz) | 1485 | 1057 (+40%) |
Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 | 1375 (+9%) |
Memory size (MB) | 4096 | 4096 |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus width (bit) | 128 | 128 |
TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 75W (+36%) | 55W |
DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Technology | 8nm | 8nm |
RTX capabilities | Yes | Yes |
Release date | 05.2021 | 05.2021 |
Detailed specs | Link | Link |
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Need For Speed Heat | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W] | 98 fps (+8%) | 87 fps (+21%) | 78 fps (+22%) |
GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] | 91 fps | 72 fps | 64 fps |
Verdict
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) is 17% faster on average compared to the RTX 3050 (55W). The 75W video card is the better choice (at least when it comes to Need For Speed Heat) if the price difference between the two GPUs isn’t too big. On the other hand, the performance of the 55W GPU is absolutely adequate and it can show 64 FPS on Ultra quality which may be enough for a lot of gamers out there.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 [55W]