NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 978 vs 971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	978 vs 971

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

2.3x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 8% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3328
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13664
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 73377
Around 47% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8785 vs 5989

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 3328
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 13664
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 73377
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8785 vs 5989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

978

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13664

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73377

88251

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5989

8785

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	978	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	13664	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	73377	88251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5989	8785
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA106
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$329
Place in performance rating	97	138
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3584
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6