NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 488.2 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
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 971
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 17107
Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158308 vs 88251

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308 vs 88251

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158308

88251

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308	88251
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 A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA106
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	28	134
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	3584
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 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	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 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