[FPS Benchmarks] Shadow Of The Tomb Raider on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3060 (75W) – the 130W contender is a lot faster
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is the successor of Rise Of The Tomb Raider. This means that you can explore gorgeous-looking levels full of secrets and enemies. For the completionists, the title offers a lot of in-game achievements.
In terms of graphics, the game looks good but it needs a lot of systems resources, especially if you want to bump the visual quality to High or Highest. We are about to see how fast are two modern Nvidia Ampere GPUs when it comes to Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.
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Contents
GeForce RTX 3060 variants
| GeForce RTX 3060 [130W] | GeForce RTX 3060 [75W] | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU chip | GA106 | GA106 |
| Shader units | 3840 | 3840 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| Base Clock (MHz) | 1387 (+70%) | 817 |
| Boost clock (MHz) | up to 1702 (+33%) | 1282 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 (+19%) | 1468 |
| Memory size (MB) | 6144 | 6144 |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width (bit) | 192 | 192 |
| TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 130W (+73%) | 75W |
| 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
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)
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Highest (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3060 [130W] | 144 fps (+27%) | 122 fps (+27%) | 118 fps (+27%) | 82 fps (+24%) |
| GeForce RTX 3060 [75W] | 113 fps | 96 fps | 93 fps | 66 fps |
Verdict
Actually, with aid of this game, we can see the raw power of the 130W GPU – and this fella has a lot to offer in some heavy PC titles like Shadow Of The Tomb Raider. In this case, the bigger video card is 26% faster on average which is a hefty performance gap between the two siblings.
The results of the 75W contender are just fine – the smaller GPU is able to show 66 FPS on Highest preset, which is an okay score for such a product.
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [75W]
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