NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 80 Watt

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1425 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 171.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 15% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3328
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1425 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	171.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3328
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	970
PassMark - G3D Mark	13587
Geekbench - OpenCL	73528
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA106
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	118	119
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3840
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready