NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA A10G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA A10G 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

NVIDIA A10G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
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 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 968 vs 567

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
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	968 vs 567

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

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 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18488 vs 17071

Specifications (specs)
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
PassMark - G3D Mark	18488 vs 17071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10G

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

968

567

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17071

18488

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA A10G
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8973
PassMark - G2D Mark	968	567
PassMark - G3D Mark	17071	18488
Geekbench - OpenCL		168434

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA A10G
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA102
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	12 Apr 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	51	55
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	31.52 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	9216
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	492.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6