NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB 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 5000 Ada Generation 16GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1335 MHz vs 1320 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 515.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 9728 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	1335 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz

Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Name	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Geekbench - OpenCL	166981
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8975
PassMark - G2D Mark		968
PassMark - G3D Mark		17071

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD103	GA104
Place in performance rating	53	51
Launch date		1 Sep 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1335 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	9728	3584
Pixel fill rate	189.8 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS
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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6