NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 10752 vs 4864
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 109075
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 323.141
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 35.311
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.784 vs 150.943
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 1477.456
  • Around 53% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 11689
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10752 vs 4864
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 vs 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 vs 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 vs 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 vs 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 vs 1477.456
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 vs 11689

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20491 vs 4237
  • 11.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 990 vs 86
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 23142
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 23142
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20491 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 990 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
20491
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
990
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
193937
109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735.8
323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.523
35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
178.784
150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342.233
1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
11689
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 20491
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 990
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 11689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4829.953

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA104
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $399
Place in performance rating 98 99
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1665 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10752 4864
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x 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 267 mm (10.5 inches) 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 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 48 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6