NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 46% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3328
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12265 vs 5817

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Oct 2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4864 vs 3328
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12265 vs 5817

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

12265

5817

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12265	5817
PassMark - G2D Mark		1118
PassMark - G3D Mark		13735
Geekbench - OpenCL		72849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		240.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1030.098

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Launch date	19 Oct 2022	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	129	132
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	3328
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	69 mm, 2.7 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	608.3 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6