Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs RTX A500
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs RTX A500 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+224 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+20 W)
- + CUDA cores (+1792)
- + TMUs (+56)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + RT cores (+14)
- + Tensor cores (+56)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+3.69 TFLOPS)
- + PassMark (overall) (+6012)
- + Normalized score (+56.7)
B
RTX A500
- + Boost clock (MHz) (+112 MHz)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.8)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
|
Component B
RTX A500
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 6 GB (+2 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 336 GB/s (+224 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+20 W) | 60 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | 900 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1425 MHz | 1537 MHz (+112 MHz) |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+1792) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 120 (+56) | 64 |
| ROPs | 48 (+16) | 32 |
| RT cores | 30 (+14) | 16 |
| Tensor cores | 120 (+56) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS (+3.69 TFLOPS) | 7.25 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 68.40 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 171.00 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 20.2 (+1.8) |
| PassMark (overall) | 12,550 (+6012) | 6,538 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 | — |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+56.7) | 15.8 |
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile | RTX A500 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile wins 12 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).