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

By using our GPU-only power data in conjunction with the 14-game average FPS data we presented earlier in this review, we can work out performance per Watt for each graphics card. This is presented as FPS per Watt.

For 1080p gaming, the RTX 3060 Ti is the most efficient GPU we have tested to-date. It's not a big improvement on the RTX 3070 or RX 6800 – not at all, as it's FPS per Watt is just 3% higher. But it is still the more efficient GPU.

For 1440p, it drops back slightly, and is now exactly on par with the RTX 3070 and RX 6800. This is still a 20% improvement to FPS per Watt compared to the RTX 2060 Super though, and a 27% uplift compared to the 2080 Super.

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