RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 3060 is 407.1 % stronger than NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU. RTX 3060 ranks #24 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (3,915 GPU score over 14 verified runs). NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU ranks #39 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (772 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 15 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 3060 | NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 3,915 | 772 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 5,740 | 1,559 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 15.8 FPS | 7.9 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 20.5 FPS | 3.1 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 19.6 FPS | 2.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 65.1 FPS | 16.6 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 122 GB/s | 41 GB/s |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 3060 · All measurements for NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU