RTX A4500 vs GeForce RTX 3060

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 with RTX A4500, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3060
2021
12 GB GDDR6, 170 Watt
38.24

RTX A4500 outperforms RTX 3060 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9154
Place by popularity4not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation67.59no data
Power efficiency17.8118.91
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (4 years ago)23 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores35847168
Core clock speed1320 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0369.6
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs112224
Tensor Cores112224
Ray Tracing Cores2856

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 8-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 amount12 GB20 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s640.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR++

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6
DLSS++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 3060 38.24
RTX A4500 47.79
+25%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3060 17085
RTX A4500 21352
+25%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 3060 88251
RTX A4500 142066
+61%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 3060 89918
RTX A4500 130923
+45.6%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

RTX 3060 98715
RTX A4500 171509
+73.7%

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 HD115
−21.7%
140−150
+21.7%
1440p67
−19.4%
80−85
+19.4%
4K43
−16.3%
50−55
+16.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.86no data
1440p4.91no data
4K7.65no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 230−240
−21.2%
280−290
+21.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
−20.3%
95−100
+20.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
−22.4%
120−130
+22.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−24.1%
170−180
+24.1%
Counter-Strike 2 230−240
−21.2%
280−290
+21.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
−21.8%
95−100
+21.8%
Far Cry 5 146
−23.3%
180−190
+23.3%
Fortnite 170−180
−24.3%
220−230
+24.3%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−20.3%
190−200
+20.3%
Forza Horizon 5 124
−21%
150−160
+21%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
−22.4%
120−130
+22.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−19.5%
190−200
+19.5%
Valorant 230−240
−23.4%
290−300
+23.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−24.1%
170−180
+24.1%
Counter-Strike 2 230−240
−21.2%
280−290
+21.2%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
−7.9%
300−310
+7.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
−20%
90−95
+20%
Dota 2 156
−21.8%
190−200
+21.8%
Far Cry 5 135
−18.5%
160−170
+18.5%
Fortnite 170−180
−24.3%
220−230
+24.3%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−20.3%
190−200
+20.3%
Forza Horizon 5 110
−18.2%
130−140
+18.2%
Grand Theft Auto V 141
−20.6%
170−180
+20.6%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
−22.4%
120−130
+22.4%
Metro Exodus 81
−23.5%
100−105
+23.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−19.5%
190−200
+19.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 179
−22.9%
220−230
+22.9%
Valorant 230−240
−23.4%
290−300
+23.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
−24.1%
170−180
+24.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 64
−17.2%
75−80
+17.2%
Dota 2 147
−22.4%
180−190
+22.4%
Far Cry 5 127
−18.1%
150−160
+18.1%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−20.3%
190−200
+20.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 95−100
−22.4%
120−130
+22.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
−19.5%
190−200
+19.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
−14.9%
100−105
+14.9%
Valorant 230−240
−23.4%
290−300
+23.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 170−180
−24.3%
220−230
+24.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
−20.4%
130−140
+20.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
−22.8%
350−400
+22.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 81
−23.5%
100−105
+23.5%
Metro Exodus 50
−20%
60−65
+20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−20%
210−220
+20%
Valorant 260−270
−12.8%
300−310
+12.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−15.4%
120−130
+15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%
Far Cry 5 94
−17%
110−120
+17%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−16.7%
140−150
+16.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 50−55
−20%
60−65
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
−18.1%
85−90
+18.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 110−120
−18.2%
130−140
+18.2%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 82
−22%
100−105
+22%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−11.1%
30−33
+11.1%
Metro Exodus 32
−9.4%
35−40
+9.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65
−23.1%
80−85
+23.1%
Valorant 240−250
−20.5%
300−310
+20.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−21.2%
80−85
+21.2%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−22.4%
60−65
+22.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Dota 2 115
−21.7%
140−150
+21.7%
Far Cry 5 48
−14.6%
55−60
+14.6%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−18.8%
95−100
+18.8%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
−11.1%
30−33
+11.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
−20.7%
70−75
+20.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
−18.2%
65−70
+18.2%

This is how RTX 3060 and RTX A4500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4500 is 22% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A4500 is 19% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A4500 is 16% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.24 47.79
Recency 12 January 2021 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 20 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 3060 has 17.6% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500, on the other hand, has a 25% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, and a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The RTX A4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3060 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop card while RTX A4500 is a workstation one.

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