NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA A40 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 972 vs 589
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15394 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	972 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	15394 vs 13371

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

2.9x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3584
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB

Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

972

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15394

13371

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA A40
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7381
PassMark - G2D Mark	972	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	15394	13371
Geekbench - OpenCL		187606

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA102
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	59	60
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3584	10752
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6