GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs RTX A4500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	75	103
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	23.88	17.19
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA104	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2022 (2 years ago)	12 October 2022 (1 year 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 cores	5888	3584
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	276.0	199.0
Floating-point processing power	17.66 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	48
TMUs	184	112
Tensor Cores	184	112
Ray Tracing Cores	46	28

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	240.0 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A4500 Mobile 45.56
+14.4%

RTX 3060 8 GB 39.81

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX A4500 Mobile 17570
+14.4%

RTX 3060 8 GB 15355

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%