GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs RTX A2000 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking172not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10035
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.07no data
Power efficiency35.60no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGA106GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 November 2021 (3 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $329

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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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores33283584
Core clock speed562 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8199.0
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs104112
Tensor Cores104112
Ray Tracing Cores2628

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
Length167 mm242 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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s360.0 GB/s
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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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x 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 Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2021 1 September 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 170 Watt

RTX A2000 12 GB has an age advantage of 2 months, and 142.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.

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