[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W) – RTX 3060 is 48% faster on Epic quality
ARK: Survival Evolved is a game that offers kind of unique and fresh gaming experience. You have to survive on an island full of dinosaurs, different prehistorical creatures (some are hostile, some are not), and other humans as well. If you want to survive, you have to play strategically – you can hunt down animals for food, build a base, and craft weapons.
In terms of graphics, the game looks good even on Medium quality and it becomes hungry for system resources on High and Epic settings. Still, an entry-level Ampere GPU like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [Laptop, 95W] is able to deliver more than 60 FPS on High quality which means that you don’t need a true powerhouse for playing this game. For today’s article, we’ll compare two RTX graphics cards – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W).
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for ARK: Survival Evolved list.
Contents
GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 variants
| GeForce RTX 3060 [65W] | GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU chip | GA106 | GA107 |
| Shader units | 3840 (+88%) | 2048 |
| ROPs | 48 (+50%) | 32 |
| Base Clock (MHz) | 817 (+15%) | 712 |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1282 (+21%) | 1057 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 (+9%) | 1375 |
| Memory size (MB) | 6144 (+72%) | 4096 |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width (bit) | 192 (+50%) | 128 |
| TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 65W (+18%) | 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)
| ARK: Survival Evolved | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Epic (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3060 [65W] | 142 fps (+2%) | 85 fps (+12%) | 69 fps (+47%) | 43 fps (+48%) |
| GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] | 139 fps | 76 fps | 47 fps | 29 fps |
Verdict
On Low and Medium, the difference between these two GPUs isn’t jaw-dropping but on High and Epic things are different. The GeForce RTX 3060 [65W] is 47% faster on High and even 48% faster on Epic – now, that’s a big performance gap. The GeForce GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] isn’t a bad choice at all, it seems like a good choice for budget buyers and it can deliver 76 FPS on Medium details which is a good result for such a GPU.
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for ARK: Survival Evolved list.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [65W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 [55W]
Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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