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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1777 MHz
4.3x more pipelines: 15360 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 12 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23812 vs 17008

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Pipelines	15360 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	23812 vs 17008

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 915 MHz
165.6x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 962 vs 704

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	962 vs 704

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

704

962

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23812

17008

Name	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	704	962
PassMark - G3D Mark	23812	17008
Geekbench - OpenCL	115321
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9002

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA104
Place in performance rating	50	52
Launch date		1 Sep 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	15360	3584
Pixel fill rate	440.9 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,202 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	76300 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	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	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	32 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6