Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
169
153
126
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
248
215
152
80
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
313
227
173
84
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
175
164
145
92
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
108
60
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
215
208
167
115
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
147
126
109
68
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
200
179
120
57
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
283
266
200
108
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High220100
1080p Ultra18780
1440p Ultra14758
4K Ultra8832
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
32929
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy259508748
Solar Bay14026240964
Port Royal195215142
Fire Strike5357822308
Night Raid18716298831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
389848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur618.3 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection399.9 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection15.1 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection22.1 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur26.3 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2210 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics53494.5 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
28651
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark971961
DirectX 11278 fps128 fps
DirectX 12102 fps69 fps
GPU Compute23249 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
326.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)770.7 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase1010.6 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1007.2 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2335.4 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 210509.2 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2202.9 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation10030.72965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 3, 2022 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD102 GA106
Price 6800 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 915 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2505 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 18176 3584
TMUs 568 112
ROPs 192 48
Execution Units 142 28
Ray Tracing Cores 142 28
Tensor Cores 568 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 96 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 481 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1423 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 91.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 609 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 76 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 124.79 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 48 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada the clear winner in this comparison.

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