NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 128841 vs 82976

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	128841 vs 82976

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Pipelines	4096 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

128841

82976

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	128841	82976
PassMark - G2D Mark		612
PassMark - G3D Mark		14592

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	101	104
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	11.80 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	4096
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	92.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	184.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6