NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD FirePro D500 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

AMD FirePro D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 725 MHz
3636.5x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 4864 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 274 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
6.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 17885
6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 323.141 vs 49.776
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4756.579 vs 1063.081
7.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 4.568
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 150.943 vs 65.789
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 6020
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3685
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 6020
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3685

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 69.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4864 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 274 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075 vs 17885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141 vs 49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579 vs 1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311 vs 4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943 vs 65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478 vs 6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

2.9x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

109075

17885

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

323.141

49.776

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4756.579

1063.081

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.311

4.568

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

150.943

65.789

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27478

6020

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G3D Mark	20394
PassMark - G2D Mark	989
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075	17885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	323.141	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4756.579	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	35.311	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	150.943	65.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	27478	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	27478	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2671

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA104	Tahiti
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	18 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	104	668
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	1536
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2,227 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5