[FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W) - both are closer than you think

[FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W) – both are closer than you think

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W) - both are closer than you think

From: Nikolay Palaozov 17 July 2022 / 07:00 | 0

Need For Speed Heat offers a lot of things that the fans of the series like. The game has nice visuals, a good soundtrack, a good amount of cars, and tons of visual and performance upgrades. The game has both single-player and multiplayer modes and as always, there are police pursuits as well.

This game isn’t the lightest one out there but it’s not as heavy as Metro Exodus. If you don’t mind lowered visuals, you can play this game with a low-end GPU like the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6, 25W) on High with 40 FPS which is a decent result for such a video card. For our article, we’ll compare two RTX graphics cards – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (65W) and RTX 3050 (55W).

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GeForce RTX 3060 and RTX 3050 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

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

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 65W) MSI Stealth 15M

16924

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 55W) Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16

11422

Unigine Superposition

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 65W) MSI Stealth 15M

3937

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 55W) Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16

2547

Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Need For Speed Heat	Full HD, Low (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3060 [65W]	81 fps	72 fps	66 fps (+3%)
GeForce RTX 3050 [55W]	91 fps (+12%)	72 fps	64 fps

Verdict

Well, if we have to be honest, the end results are a bit unexpected. On Low, the GeForce RTX 3050 [55W] has the upper hand while on High, both GPUs are showing equal results. On Ultra, the GeForce RTX 3060 [65W] is just 3% faster. So, yes, at least when it comes to Need For Speed Heat, these two GPUs are very close in terms of FPS on High and Ultra settings.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [65W]

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