Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU with the Intel Core i5-8500 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. As for the primary characteristic, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The average FPS in games is 68.6 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is good even for modern most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Release date
December 02, 2020
Price
419 USD
Frequency
1410 MHz
Shaders
4864
TMUs
152
ROPs
80
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
200 W
Memory Size
8 Gb
Memory Bus
256192 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already draw certain decision. This will allow you to choose the necessary power supply that will completely match the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-8500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 200W. Here is a list of some famous games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Intel Core i5-8500 configuration:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hitman 3
Minecraft
Roblox
Apex Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Far Cry 6
Valorant
Atomic Heart
Genshin Impact
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is better or worse than rivals in several popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
The closest GeForce RTX 3060 Ti rivals
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
211.5
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
211
Radeon RX 6800
195.4
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
185.3
GeForce RTX 4060
183.4
GeForce RTX 3070
177
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
173
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163.8
Radeon RX 6700 XT
161.6
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
155
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
148.5
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
147.7
GeForce RTX 2080
139.3
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
135
Radeon RX 6600 XT
134.4
Radeon RX 6600
130
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
125
Radeon RX 5700 XT
124.6
GeForce RTX 3060
123.1
Radeon Pro 5700 XT
122.8
GeForce RTX 2070
122.6
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti are GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. We compared GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (148.5 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 155 FPS, which 4.4% faster and GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 147.7 FPS, which is 0.5% slower. These numbers will further help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 3060 Ti for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and Intel Core i5-8500. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Atomic Heart
2023
24.0
31.3
40.9
50.5
Overwatch 2
2022
96.2
125.0
163.5
201.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
42.1
54.7
71.5
88.3
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
58.1
75.5
98.8
122.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
62.1
80.7
105.6
130.4
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
43.1
56.0
73.2
90.5
Homeworld 3
2022
49.1
63.8
83.4
103.1
Saints Row
2022
71.1
92.5
120.9
149.3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
39.1
50.8
66.4
82.0
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
52.1
67.7
88.5
109.4
Starfield
2022
35.1
45.6
59.6
73.6
Stray
2022
107.2
139.3
182.2
225.1
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
67.1
87.2
114.1
140.9
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.8
Scorn
2022
39.1
50.8
66.4
82.0
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
64.1
83.3
109.0
134.6
Elden ring
2022
38.1
49.5
64.7
79.9
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
63.1
82.0
107.3
132.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
89.1
115.9
151.6
187.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
50.1
65.1
85.1
105.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
29.9
38.9
50.9
62.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
72.4
94.1
123.1
152.1
The Division
2016
88.5
115.1
150.5
185.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
98.2
127.6
166.9
206.1
Just Cause 4
2018
79.4
103.3
135.0
166.8
Forza Horizon 5
2021
72.1
93.8
122.6
151.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
93.2
121.1
158.4
195.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
78.8
102.5
134.0
165.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
65.3
84.9
111.0
137.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
78.6
102.2
133.7
165.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
73.9
96.1
125.7
155.2
Halo Infinite
2021
57.1
74.2
97.1
119.9
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
80.7
105.0
137.2
169.5
Hitman 2
2018
98.2
127.6
166.9
206.1
Godfall
2020
88.6
115.2
150.7
186.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
98.8
128.4
167.9
207.4
Crysis 3
2013
98.4
127.9
167.2
206.6
Far Cry 6
2021
75.1
97.7
127.7
157.8
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
47.1
61.2
80.0
98.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
45.8
59.5
77.8
96.1
Gears of War 5
2019
80.0
104.0
136.1
168.1
GreedFall
2019
90.5
117.6
153.8
189.9
The Witcher 3
2015
88.7
115.4
150.9
186.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
98.9
128.5
168.1
207.6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
63.1
82.0
107.3
132.5
Dishonored 2
2016
75.7
98.4
128.7
159.0
Resident Evil Village
2021
68.1
88.5
115.8
143.0
World War Z
2019
99.1
128.8
168.4
208.0
Hitman 3
2021
68.1
88.5
115.8
143.0
Borderlands 3
2019
63.5
82.6
108.0
133.4
Genshin Impact
2020
87.1
113.3
148.1
183.0
Death Stranding
2020
91.1
118.4
154.8
191.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
45.3
58.9
77.0
95.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
85.2
110.8
144.9
179.0
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
98.2
127.6
166.9
206.1
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
73.1
95.1
124.3
153.6
Anthem
2019
68.0
88.4
115.6
142.8
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
99.6
129.4
169.3
209.1
Monster Hunter: World
2018
85.5
111.2
145.4
179.6
Marvel's Avengers
2020
59.2
77.0
100.6
124.3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
78.8
102.5
134.0
165.5
F1 22
2020
87.1
113.3
148.1
183.0
F1 2021
2020
97.2
126.3
165.2
204.0
Metro Exodus
2019
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
97.2
126.3
165.2
204.0
Project CARS 3
2020
46.1
59.9
78.3
96.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
84.1
109.4
143.0
176.7
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8Gb with Core i5-8500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Valorant
2020
201.0
261.3
341.8
422.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
102.9
133.7
174.9
216.0
League of Legends
2009
494.9
579.1
715.2
779.5
Battlefield V
2018
105.5
137.1
179.3
221.5
For Honor
2017
146.6
190.6
249.3
308.0
Project CARS 2
2017
103.9
135.0
176.6
218.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
122.3
159.0
207.9
256.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
293.3
381.3
498.6
615.9
Titanfall 2
2016
108.2
140.6
183.9
227.2
Dawn of War III
2017
107.8
140.1
183.2
226.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
128.2
166.7
218.0
269.2
Doom
2016
157.5
204.7
267.7
330.7
Destiny 2
2017
138.5
180.1
235.5
290.9
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
110.0
143.0
187.0
231.0
Battlefield 1
2016
125.1
162.6
212.7
262.7
Hitman
2016
100.2
130.2
170.3
210.3
Roblox
2006
345.6
449.2
587.5
725.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
99.6
129.4
169.3
209.1
Apex Legends
2019
105.5
137.1
179.3
221.5
Dota 2
2013
143.2
186.2
243.5
300.8
Fallout 76
2018
128.6
167.2
218.6
270.1
Rocket League
2015
427.7
500.4
618.0
898.2
Battlefield 4
2013
139.3
181.1
236.9
292.6
Need For Speed
2015
118.6
154.2
201.6
249.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
118.3
153.8
201.1
248.4
Resident Evil 2
2019
114.2
148.4
194.1
239.8
Strange Brigade
2018
128.9
167.6
219.2
270.7
F1 2019
2019
103.2
134.1
175.4
216.7
DiRT Rally
2015
158.0
205.4
268.5
331.7
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
125.8
163.6
213.9
264.2
Minecraft
2011
234.4
304.7
398.5
492.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
207.7
270.1
353.2
436.3
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
