RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs RTX A3000 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking170not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency31.69no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA104
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores40964096
Core clock speed600 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speed1230 MHz1170 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate157.4149.8
Floating-point processing power10.08 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128128
Tensor Cores128128
Ray Tracing Cores3232

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth264.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

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
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

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