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.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA RTX A4000

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 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 994 vs 611
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19416 vs 14608
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 122349 vs 82764

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	994 vs 611
PassMark - G3D Mark	19416 vs 14608
Geekbench - OpenCL	122349 vs 82764

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

611

994

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14608

19416

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82764

122349

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark	611	994
PassMark - G3D Mark	14608	19416
Geekbench - OpenCL	82764	122349
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		11165

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	104	105
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