NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 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: 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 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1745 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 279.2 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25496 vs 21278
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25496 vs 21278
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15353 vs 13389
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 97777 vs 79058

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1745 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	279.2 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25496 vs 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25496 vs 21278
PassMark - G3D Mark	15353 vs 13389
Geekbench - OpenCL	97777 vs 79058

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 140 Watt
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3716
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3716
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3357
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3357
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 567

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054 vs 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 567

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25496

21278

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25496

21278

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8913

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8913

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

8054

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

8054

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15353

13389

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

97777

79058

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25496	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25496	21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	8054
PassMark - G2D Mark	567	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	15353	13389
Geekbench - OpenCL	97777	79058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		339.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3898.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1167.569
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Place in performance rating	126	130
Launch date		12 Jan 2021
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1745 MHz	1282 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	558.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.87 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	17.87 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3840
Pixel fill rate	139.6 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	279.2 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
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	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready