NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Texture fill rate 199.7 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4096 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 170 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • 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 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 526
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12647
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 20429
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 20429
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 78981
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 526
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 12647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3710
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 78981

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
526
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12647
17107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20429
22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20429
22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3356
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78981
88251
Name NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 526 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 12647 17107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20429 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20429 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL 78981 88251
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA104 GA106
Place in performance rating 174 134
Launch date 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1777 MHz
Core clock speed 1080 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.7 GFLOPS (1:64) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.78 TFLOPS (1:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.78 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4096 3584
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.7 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 13250 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Form factor Dual-slot
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Width 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 192 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6