NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB videocard review

RTX A2000 12 GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 Nov 2021. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA106.

Core clock speed - 562 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1200 MHz. Texture fill rate - 124.8 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 3328. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Transistors count - 12000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 70 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 12 GB. Memory bus width - 192 bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 288.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

1130

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38712

13738

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

352097

73094

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36540

5831

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	1130
PassMark - G3D Mark	13738
Geekbench - OpenCL	73094
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5831

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA106
Launch date	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	81
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6