[FPS Benchmarks] CS:GO on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (105W) and RTX 3060 (140W) – RTX 3070 Ti is 34% faster on average

CS:GO is one of the most well-known Valve titles alongside Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. The game is very popular mostly because it retains the addictive core gameplay of its predecessors. On the other hand, the game went free to play and its player base become even bigger.

CS:GO is not a heavy game at all but it’s a competitive game so you know the drill – higher FPS is always a welcomed “bonus”. Still, the game can be played even on some iGPUs like the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 [R4000/5000, 15W] with more than 90 FPS on Medium details. For this article, we have prepared two fast NVIDIA GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (105W) and RTX 3060 (140W).

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for CS:GO list.

Contents


GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3060 variants

  GeForce RTX 3070 Ti [105W] GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU chip GA104 GA106
Shader units 5888 (+53%) 3840
ROPs 96 (+100%) 48
Base Clock (MHz) 510 1387 (+172%)
Boost clock (MHz) 1035 1702 (+64%)
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 1750 (+17%)
Memory size (MB) 8192 (+33%) 6144
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit) 256 (+33%) 192
TGP (Total Graphics Power) 105W 140W (+33%)
DirectX version 12.2 12.2
Technology 8nm 8nm
RTX capabilities Yes  Yes
Release date 01.2022 01.2022
Detailed specs Link Link

 

Synthetic benchmarks

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)

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO Full HD, Low (Check settings) Full HD, Medium (Check settings) Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti [105W] 621 fps (+26%) 553 fps (+24%) 565 fps (+51%)
GeForce RTX 3060 [140W] 492 fps 446 fps 373 fps




Verdict

Despite its hefty reduced TGP, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (105W) is showing its muscles in CS:GO and the bigger GPU is 34% faster compared to the GeForce RTX 3060 (140W). Nice, and if CS:GO is your main game for years and your wallet is wide enough, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti [105W] is a good choice, especially if you’re on a hunt for a thin gaming device. On the other hand, the more affordable GeForce RTX 3060 [140W] can show over 400 FPS on Medium and over 300 FPS on Max details so that’s probably enough for most gamers. 

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for CS:GO list.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti [105W]

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 [140W]

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