New "pumped-up middle class" against the old flagship: RTX 3060 Ti compared with GTX 1080 Ti in games

Experts from the GameGangsta YouTube channel have launched two desktop build options (with RTX 3060 Ti and GTX 1080 Ti) in

eight modern game projects. It turned out to be easy to determine the winner. Discuss

The authors of the YouTube channel GameGangsta checkedperformance of assemblies based on Intel Core i5 11600K with RTX 3060 Ti and GTX 1080 Ti video cards in eight games. All projects were launched in 4K or 1440p resolution. At the same time, the games included Grand Theft Auto V, Rainbow Six Siege, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs Legion, Far Cry 6, Forza Horizon 5.

INGrand theft auto vwith the ultra-preset in 4K, the average frame rate with the RTX 3060 Ti was 78 fps, with the GTX 1080 Ti – 77 fps. In very rare events, performance dropped to 45 fps and 41 fps, respectively.

Rainbow six siegeIt also ran in 4K on ultra settings. The average FPS here was 93 fps with the RTX 3060 Ti and 79 fps with the GTX 1080 Ti, in extremely rare events – 70 and 59 fps.

Assassin's Creed Odysseyran at 1440p with ultra-highgraphics settings. In it, the average performance was at the level of 61 fps (RTX 3060 Ti) and 54 fps (GTX 1080 Ti), and in very rare events – 41 fps and 38 fps.

INRed dead redemption 2on ultra settings at 1440p we managed to get an average of 60 fps with the RTX 3060 Ti and 49 fps with the GTX 1080 Ti, in extremely rare events – 34 fps and 33 fps.

INAssassin's Creed Valhallain 1440p resolution with ultra-high presetaverage FPS was 61 fps with the RTX 3060 Ti and 56 fps with the GTX 1080 Ti. However, in very rare events, performance dropped to 39 fps and 7 fps, respectively.

Watch dogs legionran on very high graphics settings at 1440p.The average frame rate in the game was with the RTX 3060 Ti – 69 fps, with GTX 1080 Ti – 59 fps. In extremely rare events, the performance indicators were 44 fps and 28 fps.

GameFar cry 6ran at 1440p with the ultra preset. On average, we managed to get 78 fps with the RTX 3060 Ti and 61 fps with the GTX 1080 Ti, and in very rare events the values ​​were 19 fps and 25 fps.

INForza horizon 5at 1440p on Extreme settings - mediumPerformance was 73 fps (RTX 3060 Ti) and 60 fps (GTX 1080 Ti), and in extremely rare events the frame rate was 44 fps and 39 fps, respectively.

Conclusion

The leader in all games was the RTX video card3060 Ti: The average FPS was 72 fps, which is 14 percent more than the GTX 1080 Ti (62 fps). However, for example, in Grand Theft Auto V the difference between the models is only 1 fps, that is, in terms of performance, builds with these graphics accelerators will not be very different in all games.

PC Configurations:

  • CPUIntel Core i5 11600K 3.9GHz LGA1200 12MB Cache;
  • motherboardMSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK Soket 1200 DDR4 4800(OC) M.2;
  • RAMGeIL 8GBx2 Evo Spear AMD Edition 3000Mhz CL16 DDR4;
  • graphics cardPny RTX 3060 Ti 8GB XLR8 REVEL EPIC-X RGB GDDR6 256Bit/Gigabyte GTX1080 TI Gaming 11GB OC GDDR5X 352Bit DX12;
  • SSDWD 480GB Green SN350 NVMe 2400MB-1650MB M2;
  • HDD2TB Seagate Barracuda + 2TB WD Blue 7200RPM;
  • frameBitfenix Nova Mesh SE White Tempered Glass ARGB;
  • power unitBitfenix 750W M 80 Gold Full Modular;
  • operating systemWindows 10.