GeForce RTX 3060 vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 with GeForce RTX 3060, including specs and performance data.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7
2020
10.03

RTX 3060 outperforms Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 by a whopping 341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking45081
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data71.36
Power efficiencyno data18.10
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores963584
Core clock speedno data1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.74 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX 12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 10.03
RTX 3060 44.28
+341%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000
RTX 3060 21379
+328%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD27−30
−359%
124
+359%
1440p18−20
−350%
81
+350%
4K10−12
−420%
52
+420%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.65
1440pno data4.06
4Kno data6.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−288%
90−95
+288%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−358%
140−150
+358%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−345%
85−90
+345%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−304%
90−95
+304%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−286%
100−110
+286%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−208%
200−210
+208%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−231%
170−180
+231%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−267%
95−100
+267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−419%
160−170
+419%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−288%
90−95
+288%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−358%
140−150
+358%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−345%
85−90
+345%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−304%
90−95
+304%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−286%
100−110
+286%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−208%
200−210
+208%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−231%
170−180
+231%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−339%
130−140
+339%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−267%
95−100
+267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−463%
180
+463%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−250%
90−95
+250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−288%
90−95
+288%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−319%
130−140
+319%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−304%
90−95
+304%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−208%
200−210
+208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−181%
73
+181%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−325%
85−90
+325%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−329%
60−65
+329%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−338%
70−75
+338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−323%
55−60
+323%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−390%
45−50
+390%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−321%
80−85
+321%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−364%
50−55
+364%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−333%
65−70
+333%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−448%
240−250
+448%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−364%
190−200
+364%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−638%
55−60
+638%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−800%
63
+800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−417%
30−35
+417%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−425%
60−65
+425%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 79
+0%
79
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 102
+0%
102
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Hitman 3 120
+0%
120
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85
+0%
85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
+0%
75
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75
+0%
75
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 64
+0%
64
+0%
Hitman 3 101
+0%
101
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 142
+0%
142
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 154
+0%
154
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+0%
59
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+0%
60
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+0%
39
+0%
Hitman 3 68
+0%
68
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 106
+0%
106
+0%
Metro Exodus 89
+0%
89
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 115
+0%
115
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 45
+0%
45
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+0%
38
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 67
+0%
67
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+0%
27
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

This is how Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 is 359% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 is 350% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 is 420% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 is ahead in 33 tests (46%)
  • there's a draw in 39 tests (54%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.03 44.28
Recency 15 August 2020 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 10 nm 8 nm

RTX 3060 has a 341.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Intel Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
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