NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB 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, 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 A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 184.3 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3840
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4096 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 130 Watt

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 855 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	596
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157
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 A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	119	117
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	3840
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	336.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready