NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 230 Watt

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 230 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

2.2x more texture fill rate: 433.9 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 8192 vs 3584
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1038 vs 968
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22894 vs 17079

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	433.9 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8192 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1038 vs 968
PassMark - G3D Mark	22894 vs 17079

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

968

1038

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17079

22894

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA RTX A5000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8972
PassMark - G2D Mark	968	1038
PassMark - G3D Mark	17079	22894
Geekbench - OpenCL		154660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA RTX A5000
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	65
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	8192
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x 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	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6