[FPS Benchmarks] Shadow Of The Tomb Raider on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W) – RTX 3060 is a tough cookie
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is still one of the most beautiful-looking single-player games up to date. It has all the necessary ingredients for a great title – nice visuals, a good soundtrack, an interesting story gunfights puzzles, and mysteries. Sounds like a “full package”.
As we said, the visuals are nice, but Shadow Of The Tomb Raider isn’t among the lightest game on the market especially if you want to crank up the details to their max state. However, if you are okay with Medium or High visual details, the game can be played smoothly even on not-so-powerful devices. For example, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [75W] can deliver more than 90 FPS on High details. For his article, we’ll inspect the performance of two fast video cards – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) and RTX 3060 (140W).
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.
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)
| 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 3080 [95W] | 136 fps | 114 fps | 110 fps | 85 fps (+6%) |
| GeForce RTX 3060 [140W] | 140 fps (+3%) | 119 fps (+4%) | 115 fps (+5%) | 80 fps |
Verdict
At least when it comes to heavy games like Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, the TGP is one of the key “features” for higher FPS. In this case, the RTX 3060 (140W) is faster on every visual preset except for the last one. On the Highest details, the GeForce RTX 3080 (95W) is just 6% faster compared to its less expensive rival.
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 3080 [95W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]
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