NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 1 Sep 2021

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

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

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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Geekbench - OpenCL	41433
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1997
PassMark - G2D Mark		961
PassMark - G3D Mark		16857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA107S	GA104
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	1 Sep 2021
Place in performance rating	511	74
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		17400 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