NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB vs NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB

The RTX A6000 delivers 4.8x the FP16 throughput of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (155 vs 32 TFLOPS dense). The RTX A6000 also carries 40 GB more memory (48 GB vs 8 GB).

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: Ampere, 2020 RTX A6000: Ampere, 2020
FP16 dense lead
4.8x
RTX A6000: 155 vs 32 TFLOPS
VRAM
8 vs 48 GB
40 GB more for the RTX A6000
TDP
200 W vs 300 W
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti draws 100 W less

Specifications

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
RTX A6000
Architecture
AmpereAmpere
Launch Year
20202020
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
VRAM
8 GB48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
768 GB/s
TDP
200 W300 W
Process Node
8nm8nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
RTX A6000
FP64
0.3 TFlops 0.6 TFlops
FP32
16.2 TFlops 38.7 TFlops
TF32
16.2 TFlops
32.4 TFLOPS sparse
77.4 TFlops
154.8 TFLOPS sparse
BF16
32.4 TFlops
64.8 TFLOPS sparse
154.8 TFlops
309.6 TFLOPS sparse
FP16
32.4 TFlops
64.8 TFLOPS sparse
154.8 TFlops
309.6 TFLOPS sparse
FP8
No verified data available No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
FP4
No verified data available No verified data available
INT8
129.6 TFlops
259.1 TOPS sparse
309.7 TFlops
619.4 TOPS sparse

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Both GPUs launched in 2020: the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti on Ampere and the RTX A6000 on Ampere.

Dense throughput for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti against the RTX A6000: FP64 0.3 vs 0.6 TFLOPS, FP32 16 vs 39 TFLOPS, FP16 32 vs 155 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.

Memory is 8 GB against 48 GB. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.

Power budgets are 200 W for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and 300 W for the RTX A6000. At FP32 that works out to 0.08 against 0.13 TFLOPS per watt.

For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.

Frequently asked questions

Is the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti faster than the RTX A6000?

At FP16 precision the RTX A6000 reaches 155 TFLOPS dense against 32 TFLOPS for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which has more memory, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX A6000?

The RTX A6000 carries 48 GB of VRAM versus 8 GB for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

How much power do the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and the RTX A6000 draw?

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is rated at 200 W TDP and the RTX A6000 at 300 W. On FP32 throughput per watt, the RTX A6000 is the more efficient part.

Can I rent the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX A6000 in the cloud?

Yes. Live cloud listings tracked by Flopper start at $0.05 per GPU hour. The rental pricing section on this page lists current providers and rates for both GPUs.

Where to Rent

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB

ProviderConfigurationPrice/GPU-hrChecked
Vast.ai
1× GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB Community $0.05 1h ago View →
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NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB

ProviderConfigurationPrice/GPU-hrChecked
DataCrunch
1× RTX A6000 48GB Spot $0.30 1h ago View →
RunPod
1× RTX A6000 48GB Community $0.33 1h ago View →
Hyperstack
1× RTX A6000 48GB Spot $0.40 1h ago View →
Vast.ai
4× RTX A6000 48GB Community $0.45 1h ago View →
Hyperstack
1× RTX A6000 48GB $0.50 1h ago View →
RunPod
1× RTX A6000 48GB $0.53 1h ago View →
Massed Compute
8× RTX A6000 48GB $0.57 1h ago View →
DataCrunch
1× RTX A6000 48GB $0.61 1h ago View →
AceCloud
1× RTX A6000 48GB $0.93 1h ago View →
Lambda Labs
1× RTX A6000 48GB $1.09 1h ago View →
Paperspace
1× RTX A6000 48GB $1.93 1h ago View →
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