NVIDIA A10G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A10G

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.6x more pipelines: 9216 vs 3584
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163295 vs 88251
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17660 vs 17107

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	163295 vs 88251
PassMark - G3D Mark	17660 vs 17107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 578

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 578

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

163295

88251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17660

17107

Name	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Geekbench - OpenCL	163295	88251
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	17660	17107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA106
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	64	134
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	3584
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6