NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 230 Watt

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 230 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

2.2x more texture fill rate: 433.9 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 8192 vs 3584
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1029 vs 969
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22652 vs 15366

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	433.9 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8192 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1029 vs 969
PassMark - G3D Mark	22652 vs 15366

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

969

1029

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15366

22652

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7432
PassMark - G2D Mark	969	1029
PassMark - G3D Mark	15366	22652
Geekbench - OpenCL		154972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA102
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	67	70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3584	8192
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x 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	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 8-pin
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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6