NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 A500 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 832 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1537 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 98.37 GTexel/s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 41433

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 832 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1537 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 98.37 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 41433

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

41433

88251

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Geekbench - OpenCL	41433	88251
PassMark - G3D Mark		17107
PassMark - G2D Mark		971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA107S	GA106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	511	134
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1537 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	832 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	98.37 GFLOPS (1:64)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.296 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.296 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	3584
Pixel fill rate	73.78 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	98.37 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		170 Watt
Transistor count		13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6