RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking36not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation63.90no data
Power efficiency24.64no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD106GA104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date18 May 2023 (1 year ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores43524096
Core clock speed2310 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speed2535 MHz1170 MHz
Number of transistors22,900 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate344.8149.8
Floating-point processing power22.06 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs136128
Tensor Cores136128
Ray Tracing Cores3432

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
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno data

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 amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2023 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB, on the other hand, has 135.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is a desktop card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
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