RTX A500 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 383 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.29 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GA106 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (5 years ago) | 10 November 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3840 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 817 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1282 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,250 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 153.8 | 113.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.846 TFLOPS | 7.25 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 120 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 3.8 MB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 10 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
RTX 3060 Max-Q has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX A500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.
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