NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 A30

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 200 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 109075

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 109075

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 36% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3584
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	4864 vs 3584
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

109075

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	109075
PassMark - G3D Mark		20470
PassMark - G2D Mark		989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4829.953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		11689

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	101	99
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	4864
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-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	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6