NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 200 Watt

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 1 Dec 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

2.5x more core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 253.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 46% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3328
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 982
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20470 vs 13695
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 73276
Around 95% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11689 vs 5984

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4864 vs 3328
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 982
PassMark - G3D Mark	20470 vs 13695
Geekbench - OpenCL	109075 vs 73276
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11689 vs 5984

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

982

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13695

20470

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73276

109075

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5984

11689

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	982	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	13695	20470
Geekbench - OpenCL	73276	109075
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5984	11689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4829.953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$399
Place in performance rating	96	99
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	4864
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	17400 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	350 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6