NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 961
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 16857

Specifications (specs)
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 961
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 16857

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
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

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
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 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

961

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

16857

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	16857
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1997

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	28	74
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	17400 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