NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA A40 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 A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 960 vs 627
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16984 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	960 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	16984 vs 14665

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

2.9x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3584
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB

Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

960

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16984

14665

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA A40
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9000
PassMark - G2D Mark	960	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	16984	14665
Geekbench - OpenCL		193594

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA102
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	5 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	52	54
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	10752
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-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	700 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	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6