[FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3070 (130W) – the RTX 3070 wins but the RTX 3060 is close

Apex Legends is one of the most popular battle royale games. Its success is complemented by the fact that the game is free-to-play. You just need to download it via Steam or Origin and you are good to go. Like every other battle royale game, the gameplay of Apex Legends is simple – a big map, tons of players on it, you have to scavenge for weapons and ammo and yes, the last man standing wins the match.

The game is based on Valve’s Source engine and it looks okay given the fact that the engine isn’t the newest out there. On the other hand, this title is definitely heavier compare to other Source-based games.

So, let’s check how fast the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) and RTX 3070 (130W) are when in tomes toApex Legends.

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GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3070 variants

  GeForce RTX 3060 [130W] GeForce RTX 3070 [130W]
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU chip GA106 GA104
Shader units 3840 5120 (+33%)
ROPs 48 96 (+100%)
Base Clock (MHz) 1387 (+14%) 1215
Boost clock (MHz) up to 1702 (+5%) 1620
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 1750
Memory size (MB) 6144 8192 (+33%)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit) 192 256 (+33%)
TGP (Total Graphics Power) 130W 140W (+8%)
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)

Apex Legends Full HD, Min. (Check settings) Full HD, Medium (Check settings) Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3060 [130W] 299 fps 260 fps 184 fps
GeForce RTX 3070 [130W, Intel CPU] 299 fps 277 fpss (+7%) 206 fps (+12%)





Verdict

Both GPUs are fast and interestingly enough, the GeForce RTX 3060 (130W) isn’t too far away from the GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) performance which is good news for people who want to play Apex Legends but they don’t want to spend too much money on a new gaming device.

Sure, the GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) is 12% faster on MAX details but both GPUs can deliver enough frames per second for 144 Hz displays.

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

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 [130W]

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