NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1920
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 160 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81157 vs 71402

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 7 January 2019
Pipelines	4096 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157 vs 71402

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1440 MHz
8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 746 vs 596
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 13843

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	746 vs 596
PassMark - G3D Mark	14119 vs 13843

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

746

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13843

14119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81157

71402

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark	596	746
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843	14119
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157	71402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1242

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA104	TU106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	7 January 2019
Place in performance rating	119	161
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$349.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1680 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	1920
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count		2
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6