NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile 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 RTX A5500 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 968 vs 711

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	968 vs 711

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 348.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 7424 vs 3584
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 170 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17350 vs 15389

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	348.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17350 vs 15389

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

968

711

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15389

17350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7434
PassMark - G2D Mark	968	711
PassMark - G3D Mark	15389	17350
Geekbench - OpenCL		125203

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA103
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	64	63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3584	7424
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	144.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	348.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		696.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		22.27 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		22.27 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6