GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs Arc Pro A50

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.26
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameDG2-128GA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 August 2022 (2 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10243584
Core clock speed2000 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed2350 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate150.4199.0
Floating-point processing power4.813 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs64112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Cores828

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s240.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort 2.01x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2022 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 170 Watt

Arc Pro A50 has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 126.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Arc Pro A50 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc Pro A50 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop one.


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