[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W) - expectedly the 130W GPU wins

[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W) – expectedly the 130W GPU wins

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W) - expectedly the 130W GPU wins

From: Nikolay Palaozov 02 August 2021 / 01:15 | 0

ARK: Survival Evolved is a nice-looking game that has interesting gameplay. The player has to battle prehistorical creatures in order to survive. Additionally, you can build a base, you can scavenge for tools, food, you can craft items, etc.

The title looks great especially on Epic quality but it’s heavy on system resources as well. A lot of previous-gen mid-range video cards can barely reach the 30 FPS mark on Epic details. So, for today’s article, we have prepared two really fast GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and RTX 3080 (85W).

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GeForce RTX 3080 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce RTX 3080 variants

	GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]	GeForce RTX 3080 [85W]
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
GPU chip	GA104	GA104
Shader units	6144	6144
ROPs	96	96
Base Clock (MHz)	up to 1185 (+52%)	780
Boost clock (MHz)	up to 1605 (+29%)	1245
Memory clock (MHz)	1750 (+17%)	1500
Memory size (MB)	8192	8192
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)	256	256
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	130W	130W
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

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

32651

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 100W) Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-41)

23987

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

8034

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Laptop, 100W) Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-41)

6015

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 3080 [130W]	182 fps	150 fps (+24%)	118 fps (+19%)	80 fps (+29%)
GeForce RTX 3080 [85W]	183 fps (+1%)	121 fps	99 fps	62 fps

Verdict

On Low, both GPUs are pretty close but actually, it doesn’t matter that much because the game doesn’t look good on this quality preset and we doubt that someone with a high-end machine will play this title on Low. When it comes to the other presets, the 85W GPU is lacking pace. Given the fact that it has just an 85W TGP, it sounds normal. Still, it can show 62 FPS on Epic quality which is just fine for that kind of a GPU with such decreased frequencies.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]

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