NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and NVIDIA RTX A4000 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 855 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Launch date 22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 855 MHz vs 735 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 299.5 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4096
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1002 vs 609
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19424 vs 14352
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123463 vs 81129
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 4096
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1002 vs 609
PassMark - G3D Mark 19424 vs 14352
Geekbench - OpenCL 123463 vs 81129

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A4000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
609
1002
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14352
19424
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
81129
123463
Name NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 609 1002
PassMark - G3D Mark 14352 19424
Geekbench - OpenCL 81129 123463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11043

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB NVIDIA RTX A4000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA104 GA104
Launch date 22 Mar 2022 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 105 106

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1440 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 855 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 184.3 GFLOPS (1:64) 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 11.80 TFLOPS (1:1) 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 11.80 TFLOPS 19.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4096 6144
Pixel fill rate 92.16 GPixel/s 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 184.3 GTexel/s 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Form factor Single-slot
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Width 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 12 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6