RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Place in performance ranking	98	321
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	33.09	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GA106	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2022 (1 year ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$384	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	2048
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	12,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	199.0	98.37

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and RTX A500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	no data

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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	15 GB/s	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	150−160 +150%	60 −150%
1440p	75−80 +142%	31 −142%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65
+150%

24−27

−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +150%	24−27 −150%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +140%	50−55 −140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +150%	24−27 −150%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +150%	35−40 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−105 +138%	40−45 −138%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +147%	70−75 −147%
Hitman 3	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +142%	60−65 −142%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +150%	50−55 −150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +156%	40−45 −156%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190−200 +147%	77 −147%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +140%	50−55 −140%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +150%	24−27 −150%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +140%	50−55 −140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +150%	24−27 −150%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +150%	35−40 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−105 +138%	40−45 −138%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +147%	70−75 −147%
Hitman 3	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +142%	60−65 −142%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +150%	50−55 −150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +156%	40−45 −156%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +142%	62 −142%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +146%	57 −146%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +140%	50−55 −140%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +150%	24−27 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +150%	24−27 −150%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +150%	35−40 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +147%	70−75 −147%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +142%	60−65 −142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +141%	54 −141%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +142%	31 −142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +140%	50−55 −140%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

+156%

40−45
−156%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	70−75 +141%	27−30 −141%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +150%	16−18 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +131%	12−14 −131%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +137%	18−20 −137%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +140%	24−27 −140%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +150%	30−33 −150%
Hitman 3	45−50 +150%	18−20 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +141%	27−30 −141%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−105 +156%	39 −156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +150%	16−18 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +140%	10−11 −140%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65
+140%

24−27

−140%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +133%	14−16 −133%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Hitman 3	27−30 +145%	10−12 −145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +135%	16−18 −135%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +133%	14−16 −133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +138%	21−24 −138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +135%	16−18 −135%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +133%	14−16 −133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%