RTX A500 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 - video card comparison
RTX A500
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA107
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2021
2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
-
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
113.3
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3