NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
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NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
31
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Value for money (0-100)
1.25
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
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Code name
GA106
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Type
Desktop
5 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$4,649
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$10208 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$420
0.81
Value for money
GA102
GPU code name
Workstation
Market segment

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
3584
1410 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
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Boost Clock
1778 MHz
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Transistor count
13,250 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
625.0
Texture fill rate
198.0
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CUDA cores
8.6
10752
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1800 MHz
Boost clock speed
28,300 million
Number of transistors
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
8-pin EPS
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
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Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Width
112 mm 4.4 inches

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 Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
48 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
768.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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HDMI
1x
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DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 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 Quadro RTX A6000 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
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 Quadro RTX A6000

77.63% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (48 GB vs 12 GB)

More memory bandwidth (768.0 GB/s vs 360.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $10208 (2.2x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 .

NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060