GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Arc A350M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking357not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Power efficiency40.17no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameDG2-128GA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 March 2022 (2 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

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 cores7683584
Core clock speed300 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate55.20199.0
Floating-point processing power1.766 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs2448
TMUs48112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Cores628

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s360.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API 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
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2022 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 170 Watt

Arc A350M has an age advantage of 6 months, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 580% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 12 GB GA104, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Arc A350M and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc A350M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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Intel Arc A350M
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