Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition Review

1. Introduction2. Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition Review3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Borderlands 37. Control8. Death Stranding9. The Division 210. F1 202011. Far Cry New Dawn12. Gears 513. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint14. Metro Exodus15. Middle Earth: Shadow of War16. Red Dead Redemption 217. Shadow of the Tomb Raider18. Total War Saga: Troy19. Watch Dogs: Legion20. Performance Summary (14 Game Average)21. Cost Per Frame Analysis22. Ray Tracing - Control23. Ray Tracing - Shadow of the Tomb Raider24. Ray Tracing - Watch Dogs: Legion25. DLSS - Control & Death Stranding26. Productivity: Blender & Octane27. Productivity: SPECViewPerf & V-Ray28. Clock Speed29. Temperatures30. Acoustics31. Noise-Normalised Temperatures32. Power Consumption33. Performance Per Watt34. Overclocking35. Closing Thoughts36. View All Pages

We measure system-wide power draw from the wall while running the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

In terms of total system power draw, with the RTX 3060 Ti the system pulled a little bit over 300W at the wall, putting this GPU between the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super.

We also use Nvidia PCAT to measure power draw of the graphics card only, with readings from both the PCIe slot and the PCIe power cables combined into a single figure. This provides us with significantly more accurate data to work with as it is measuring only the GPU power, and not total system power which is a fundamentally imprecise measurement.

GPU-only testing, however, gives us a clearer picture and we saw average power draw for the 3060 Ti come in at 192W, which is just a little under the 200W TGP rating. This is 13W higher than the 2060 Super, but almost 50W less than the 2080 Super.

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