NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA RTX A2000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA RTX A2000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
65
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
GA106
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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12 January 2021
Release date
10 August 2021 (less than a year ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$420
Price now
$2680 (6x MSRP)
Value for money
4.75
GPU code name
GA106
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
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1320 MHz
Core clock speed
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1778 MHz
Boost Clock
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13,250 million
Transistor count
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8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
198.0
Texture fill rate
124.8
8.6
CUDA cores
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
3328
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
Number of transistors
13,250 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
70 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
167 mm
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
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112 mm 4.4 inches
Width
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
4x mini-DisplayPort
1x
HDMI
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3x
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2
Vulkan
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3.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA RTX A2000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA RTX A2000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $2680 (6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 288.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA RTX A2000

53.19% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA RTX A2000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA RTX A2000 .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA RTX A2000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA RTX A2000