NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1425 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 171.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 15% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3328
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1425 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	171.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3328
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110
PassMark - G3D Mark	13707
Geekbench - OpenCL	72767
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5815
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA106
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	124	121
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3840
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready