NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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.

NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 279.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25496 vs 22495
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25496 vs 22495
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 99448 vs 88251

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	279.2 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25496 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25496 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	99448 vs 88251

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1745 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 583
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 15394

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1745 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3716
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 583
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 15394

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25496

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25496

22495

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

583

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15394

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

99448

88251

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25496	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25496	22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	583	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15394	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	99448	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		8783

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Place in performance rating	133	136
Launch date		12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1745 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	558.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.87 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	17.87 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3584
Pixel fill rate	139.6 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	279.2 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 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	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6