[FPS Benchmarks] The Witcher 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3060 (75W) – a mind-blowing 35% difference

The Witcher 3 isn’t that new anymore but on the other hand, the game still looks good and it’s one of the most most popular single-player PC games up to date. If we take a look at the visuals, the game looks good even today, especially if you bump every setting to its max state.

Speaking of graphics, you can find a lot of mods that are enhancing the visual quality of the game. In addition, there are many fan-made add-ons that include interesting quests. The Witcher 3 is a well-optimized game and the majority of low-end GPUs can run it at least on Low.

So, let’s check the performance of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3060 (75W).

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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

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the 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)

The Witcher 3 Full HD, Low (Check settings) Full HD, Medium (Check settings) Full HD, High (Check settings) Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3060 [130W] 263 fps (+33%) 200 fps (+34%) 173 fps (+37%) 114 fps (+34%)
GeForce RTX 3060 [75W] 198 fps 149 fps 126 fps 85 fps





Verdict

Now, that’s a big win for the 130W GPU. Yes, the bigger video card is 35% faster on average – these are two different worlds in terms of performance. At least in The Witcher 3, higher frequencies and bigger TGP lead to a significant performance boost. On the other hand, the 75W video card is doing a good job too – 85 FPS on Ultra is (perhaps) enough for most gamers.

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

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

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